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The Poetical Works of Thomas Aird

Fifth Edition: With a Memoir by the Rev. Jardine Wallace
Aird, Thomas (1802-1876)

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POEMS.
  
TO A YOUNG POET.
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SONGS OF THE SEASONS.
  
SONG THE FIRST.
  
SONG THE SECOND.
  
SONG THE THIRD.
  
SONG THE FOURTH.
  
SONG THE FIFTH.
  
SONG THE SIXTH.
  
SONG THE SEVENTH.
  
SONG THE EIGHTH.
  
SONG THE NINTH.
  
SONG THE TENTH.
  
SONG THE ELEVENTH.
  
SONG THE TWELFTH.
  
THE HOLY COTTAGE.
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FRANK SYLVAN.
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FITTE THE FIRST.
 II. 
FITTE THE SECOND.
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FITTE THE THIRD.
  
THE CHAMPION.
  
AN EVENING WALK.
  
THE DEVIL'S DREAM ON MOUNT AKSBECK.
  
THE RIVER.
  
THE CHRISTIAN BRIDE.
  
BYRON.
  
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
  
THE SWALLOW.
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MONKWOOD.
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PART FIRST.
 II. 
PART SECOND.
  
THE GOLDSPINK AND THISTLE.
  
NIGHT.
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TALES OF THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.
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First Tale: Herodion and Azala.
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PART I.
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PART II.
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Second Tale: Othuriel.
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CANTO I. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO II. OTHURIEL'S INTERVIEW WITH JOANNA.
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CANTO III. THE ASSAULT BY NIGHT.
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CANTO IV. OTHURIEL BRINGS TAMAR TO JERUSALEM.
  
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CANTO V. OTHURIEL A PRISONER.
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CANTO VI. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF MAROMNE AND JOANNA.
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CANTO VII. THE END OF OTHURIEL.
  
FANCY.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF A CITY PASTOR.
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A SUMMER DAY.
  
Morning.
  
Noon.
  
Evening.
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THE CAPTIVE OF FEZ.
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CANTO I. THE PRISON.
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CANTO II. THE PROVOKED REBEL.
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III.
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CANTO III. MOTHER AND SON.
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CANTO IV. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO V. THE FIRE.
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A WINTER DAY.
  
Morning.
  
Noon and Afternoon.
  
Evening.
  
OUR YOUNG PAINTER.
  
WASH THE FEET OF POOR OLD AGE.
  
TO MONT BLANC.
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THE TRAGIC POEM OF WOLD.
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ACT I.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
 VIII. 
Scene VIII.
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ACT II.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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ACT III.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene IV.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
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Scene IX.
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Scene X.
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Scene XI.
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Scene XII.
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Scene XIII.
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ACT IV.
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Scene I.
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Scene II.
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Scene III.
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Scene V.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
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Scene IX.
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ACT V.
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Scene I.
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Scene III.
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Scene VI.
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Scene VII.
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Scene VIII.
  
THE YOUNG PHYSICIAN.
  
MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.
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FLOWERS OF THE OLD SCOTTISH THISTLE.
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Flower the First: Maid Marion.
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Flower the Second: Maude of Raventree.
  
THE PROPHECY.
  
THE TRANSLATION OF BEAUTY.
  
RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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CANTO I. CYRA'S INTERVIEW WITH THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.
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CANTO II. THE PLOT OF MERDAN AND NARSES.
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CANTO III. THE HUNT.
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CANTO IV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S CAVE.
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CANTO V. THE BATTLE.
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CANTO VI. THE BANQUET.
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CANTO VII. THE DEATH OF CYRA.
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CANTO VIII. THE END OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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GRANDMOTHER.
  
THE LYRE.
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A FATHER'S CURSE:
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VISION FIRST.
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VISION SECOND.
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VISION THIRD.
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VISION FOURTH.
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A MOTHER'S BLESSING:
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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MONOGRAPH OF A FRIEND.
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THE CHURCHYARD.
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Night the First.
  
SONG OF THE CHURCHYARD CHILDREN.
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Night the Second.
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Night the Third.
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THE OLD SOLDIER.
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CAMPAIGN THE FIRST.
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CAMPAIGN THE SECOND.
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CAMPAIGN THE THIRD.
  
THE SHEPHERD'S DOG.
  
GENIUS.
  
THE DEMONIAC.
  
SONG OF TIME AND MAN.

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NIGHT.

From sleepless work, and a ne'er-setting sun,
Imagination shrinking with affright,
Turns with fresh thankfulness to thee, O Night.
Come up the shaded East, silent, composing One!
She comes! A star upon her raven head,
Moist poppies wreathe her locks; solemnities
Of meditative light are in her eyes,
Downcast; and on her breast a sleeping babe is laid.
But Fancy bears her visionary train,
All streaked, and freaked, and figured o'er with traces,
Shimmerings, and glimmerings, shapes, uncertain faces,
Dreams, nightmares, fays, and ghosts, all shadowy vague, and vain.
Down the gulf-stream of worldly tendencies
Yon cumbered Soul is yielding more and more,
And feeblier slanting to the duteous shore;
Look down on him, O Night, with thy most spiritual eyes!
Quick with instinctive longings, from the might
Of those just eyes, upraised he stems, right o'er,
The sordid flood; he stands upon the shore;
Handmaid of Faith and Hope, he blesses thee, O Night.
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