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Poems and Essays of a Miscellaneous Character on Subjects of General Interest

By Janet Hamilton

Hamilton, Janet (1795-1873)

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Miscellaneous Pieces.

CENTENARY POEM,

THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND.

THE CHILD OF FRANCE.

LINES WRITTEN ON THE BIRTH OF THE YEAR 1853.

LINES SUGGESTED BY THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA, 1854.

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES. I.

THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF SCOTTISH SONG.

NIGHT SCENE AT THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.

ON THE RUSSIAN WAR IN THE CRIMEA, 1854–5.

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES. II.

LINES ON THE TRIAL OF MADELINE SMITH FOR THE MURDER OF L'ANGELIER.

VERSES ON THE CALDER IN ITS COURSE BY ST. ENOCH'S, ROSEHALL, &c.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LATTER DAYS OF JOHN WHITELAW

MOTHER AND CHILD.

SONG—THE COUTHIE AULD MAN.

SPRING SCENE IN THE COUNTRY.

IMPENDING WAR BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.

ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE BARQUE “FAME”

ADVICE TAE BRITHER JONATHAN

CONTRASTED SCENES FROM REAL LIFE.

THE MOTHER AT HOME.

SWEET MAY MORN.

ON THE PROPOSED PRESENTATION OF GUNS BY THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN TO THE KING OF SARDINIA, IN AID OF ITALIAN LIBERTY.

TO THE NORTH AMERICANS.

DIRGE FOR JESSIE MACPHERSON.

LINES ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND ON RECEIVING FROM HIM A VOLUME OF “THE PARNASSUS JOURNAL.”

NOVEMBER FINDINGS—1862.

OCTOBER THOUGHTS—1862.

THE HARTLEY COLLIERY CATASTROPHE.

REMINISCENCES OF THE “HIE TOON” OF HAMILTON SIXTY YEARS AGO.

REMINISCENCES OF THE “AULD HIE TOON OF HAMILTON,” SIXTY YEARS AGO.

BRITISH VOLUNTEERS.

THE FIRST AND SECOND ADVENTS OF GARIBALDI—1851–2.

GARIBALDI A CAPTIVE.

CALDER—A MEMORY.

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA—EXPOSTULATION.

WELCOME TO OCTOBER.

THE SEVEN STARS:

TO TEACHERS OF THE YOUNG.

ON THE MEETING OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

A REAL INCIDENT OF THE PERSECUTING TIMES IN SCOTLAND.

TO MRS J. CLELAND,

ON SEEING A THOUSAND SABBATH SCHOOL CHILDREN

LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS BUCHANAN OF DRUMPELLER,

ADDRESS TO MR JOHN FAIRLIE.

LINES ADDRESSED TO M. FAIRLIE, Esq., VIEWFIELD HOUSE,

LINES INSCRIBED TO MRS M. FAIRLIE OF VIEWFIELD HOUSE.

ADDRESS TO THE REV. DR. GARDNER OF BOTHWELL,

LINES ADDRESSED TO THE REV. DR. JOHN MUIR, OF ST. JAMES' PARISH, GLASGOW

LINES ADDRESSED TO Rev. D---G---, B.A.

LINES ADDRESSED TO THE REV. J. JAMES

VERSES WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, AND ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF DENMARK.

CRAIGNETHAN CASTLE.

Temperance Pieces.

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ADVICE TAE BRITHER JONATHAN

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CEEVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

Frien' Jonathan, tak' gude advice, an' fast as eer ye dow,
Fling doon the lunt o' ceevil war, pit oot the eerie lowe
That scowthers, wi' its hatefu' heat, your vera hert an' saul;
Ye've gather't sticks tae beat the bleeze, sae water't till its caul'.

There's muckle cry an' little woo in a' your fechtin' wark;
Ye dinna like a crackit croon, nor yet a bloody sark;
Tae tyne your trade, tae tyne your gear, an' spill your bluid forby,
Ye canna thole, sae jist gae hame an' fling the rifle by.

I guess the new Palmetto flag, an' eke the Stripes an' Stars,
On Crimean or Italian plains, or rebel Indian wars,
Wad waver't in your 'prentice haun, ye blusterin' haveral chiel;
If ye maun fecht, just fecht at hame, ye maunna gang a-fiel'.

Wow, man, your in an awfu' mess; what outget sall ye hae?
The hill Difficulty's afore, an' ye maun speel the brae;
Ye'll naither pay, nor fecht, nor 'gree, but wow your gude o' bragging—
Far better cut the finger aff than aye tae hae it wagging.

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'Twixt North and South, that ill-matcht pair, there's nocht but aggravation,
Sae, e'er ye ding a' things tae rack, gar mak a separation;
The South they'll keep the negro slave—they like the chain and collar—
The North tae trade, an' rug, an' reive, an' pouch the michty dollar.