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Ochil Idylls and Other Poems

by Hugh Haliburton [i.e. J. L. Robertson]

Robertson, J. Logie (1846-1922)

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THE STOOKIE SABBATH.

SUMMER GLOAMING IN GLENEAGLES.

AULD FERMER'S ADDRESS TO THE “PRODIGAL” SUN,

YOUNG FERMER'S REPLY THE WEEK EFTER.

ELDER FERMER'S ADDRESS TO BAITH.

A VISION OF THE DAYS.

THE QUEEN'S HOLIDAY.

OUR COUNTRY QUARTERS.

THOMAS THE PEACEMAKER: AN ALLEGORY.

THE TREES BESIDE THE OLD MANSE GATE.

BOYHOOD ON THE OCHILS.

THE WHITE INVASION.

HALF AN HOUR IN MAY.

THE BURNIN' BRUME.

TO WILLIAM DUNBAR.

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THE BOAST OF MAN.

I.

II.

III.

THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.

THE CORN-YARD FU'.

A SCHULE LADDIE'S LAMENT ON THE LATENESS O' THE SEASON.

“THE RED, GREEN, AND THE YELLOW.”

PACKIE'S RETURN.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING.

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TRYING THE YACHT.

I.

I.—The Country fenced and forbidden.

II.

II.—The Mountains only a Memory.

III.

III.—Freedom on the Sea.

IV.

IV.—Discovery of Leviathan at Play.

V.

V.—The Ark in Danger.

VI.

VI.—Sea-sick on a Holiday.

VII.

VII.—Earth's one Possessor.

VIII.

VIII.—The Foam-Bells of the Land.

THE BANKS O' MAY.

THE APOLOGY TO APOLLO.

THE WICKS O' BAIGLIE.

THE YOUNG NEW YEAR.

THE ANCIENT CASTLE OF BA'VAIRD.

AN OCHIL FARMER.

A SISTER'S REQUIEM.

TIME AND THE HOURS.

DAVE (sc. Daphnis).

STUDY OF A BANK.

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TO D. Bruce Peebles. Esq., THESE POEMS ARE INSCRIBED IN TOKEN OF SINCERE FRIENDSHIP BY THE AUTHOR.