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The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie

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Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

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A SERIES OF PLAYS: IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO DELINEATE THE STRONGER PASSIONS OF THE MIND EACH PASSION BEING THE SUBJECT OF A TRAGEDY AND A COMEDY.
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BASIL:
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SONG.— a glee.
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DE MONFORT:
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ACT V.
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ETHWALD:
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PART FIRST.
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ACT II.
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SCENE V.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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PART SECOND.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V
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ORRA:
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT V.
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THE BEACON:
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ACT II.
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SONG.
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ROMIERO:
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ACT V.
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HENRIQUEZ:
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ACT V.
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MISCELLANEOUS PLAYS.
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RAYNER:
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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CONSTANTINE PALEOLOGUS;
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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THE FAMILY LEGEND:
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THE MARTYR:
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THE SEPARATION:
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THE PHANTOM:
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THE BRIDE:
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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MISCELLANEOUS POETRY.
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METRICAL LEGENDS.
  
A METRICAL LEGEND OF WILLIAM WALLACE.
  
THE LEGEND OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
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THE LEGEND OF LADY GRISELD BAILLIE.
  
[prologue]
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III.
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VIII.
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XIII.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
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XXVIII.
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XXIX.
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XXX.
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XXXI.
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XXXII.
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XXXIII.
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XXXIV.
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XXXV.
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XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
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XXXVIII.
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XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
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XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
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XLIV.
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XLV.
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XLVI.
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XLVII.
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XLVIII.
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LIII.
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LIV.
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LVI.
  
LORD JOHN OF THE EAST:
  
MALCOLM'S HEIR:
  
THE ELDEN TREE:
  
THE GHOST OF FADON.
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FUGITIVE VERSES.
  
[dedication]
  
A WINTER'S DAY.
  
A SUMMER'S DAY.
  
NIGHT SCENES OF OTHER TIMES.
  
ADDRESS TO THE MUSES.
  
A MELANCHOLY LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.
  
A CHEERFUL-TEMPERED LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS
  
A PROUD LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.
  
A POETICAL OR SOUND-HEARTED LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.
  
A REVERIE.
  
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
  
A LAMENTATION.
  
A MOTHER TO HER WAKING INFANT.
  
A CHILD TO HIS SICK GRANDFATHER.
  
THUNDER
  
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
  
FRAGMENT OF A POEM
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MISCELLANEOUS POETRY
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
  
EPILOGUE
  
THE BANISHED MAN.
  
TO A CHILD.
  
SONG
  
LONDON.
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SOTHEBY, ESQ.
  
VERSES TO OUR OWN FLOWERY KIRTLED SPRING.
  
LINES TO A PARROT.
  
LINES TO A TEAPOT.
  
THE MOODY SEER:
  
THE MERRY BACHELOR
  
TWO SONGS.
  
SONG
  
TO SOPHIA J.BAILLIE.
  
THE KITTEN.
  
SCHOOL RHYMES FOR NEGRO CHILDREN.
  
RHYMES.
  
RHYMES FOR CHANTING.
  
DEVOTIONAL SONG FOR A NEGRO CHILD.
  
SECOND DEVOTIONAL SONG.
  
THIRD DEVOTIONAL SONG.
  
A NURSERY LESSON (DEVOTIONAL).
  
SECOND NURSERY LESSON
  
HYMN.
  
RECOLLECTIONS OF A DEAR AND STEADY FRIEND.
  
TWO BROTHERS.
  
LINES TO AGNES BAILLIE ON HER BIRTHDAY.
  
VERSES SENT TO MRS. BAILLIE ON HER BIRTHDAY, 1813.
  
VERSES WRITTEN IN FEBRUARY, 1827.
  
THE TRAVELLER BY NIGHT IN NOVEMBER.
  
LINES FOR A FRIEND'S ALBUM.
  
ADDRESS TO A STEAMVESSEL.
  
SONG,
  
A SONG
  
FY, LET US A' TO THE WEDDING.
  
HOOLY AND FAIRLY.
  
THE LADY IN HER CAR.
  
TO JAMES B. BAILLIE,
  
THE WEARY PUND O' TOW.
  
TAM O' THE LIN.
  
NEW WORDS TO THE OLD SCOTCH AIR OF “THE WEE PICKLE TOW.”
  
SONG,
  
VOLUNTEER'S SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
A SCOTCH SONG.
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
A SAILOR'S SONG.
  
SONG,
  
SIR MAURICE:
  
TO MRS. SIDDONS.
  
A SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
THE BLACK COCK,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG.
  
ON THE DEATH OF A VERY DEAR FRIEND.
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VERSES ON SACRED SUBJECTS.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN FOR THE SCOTCH KIRK.
  
A SECOND HYMN FOR THE KIRK.
  
A THIRD HYMN FOR THE KIRK.
  
ST. MATTHEW, v. 9.
  
ST.LUKE, XVIII. 16.
  
ST.JOHN, XXI. 1.
  
ST. LUKE, VII. 12.
  
JOB, XIII. 15.
  
HYMN.
  
A HYMN FOR THE KIRK.
  
A HYMN.
  
SELECT VERSES FROM THE 147TH PSALM.
  
THOUGHTS TAKEN FROM THE 93RD PSALM.
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AHALYA BAEE:

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LINES ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SOTHEBY, ESQ.

Learning and fancy were combined
To stimulate his manly mind;
Open, generous, and acute,
Steady of purpose, in pursuit
Ardent and hopeful; all the while
In child-like ignorance of guile.
There are who say that envy lurks conceal'd
Where genius strives, by slightest traits reveal'd,
A truth, if truth it be, by him forgot,
He turn'd his eyes away and saw it not.
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Success in others, frank and free,
He hail'd with words of friendly glee.
Praise given to them he could not feel
Did aught from his own portion steal;
And when offence, design'd and rude,
Did on his peaceful path obtrude,
He soon forgave the paltry pain,
Nor could resentment in his breast retain.
His was the charity of right goodwill,
That loves, confides, believes and thinks no ill.
He, by his Saviour's noble precepts led,
Still follow'd what was right with heart and head.
Religion did with lofty honour dwell
Within his bosom's sacred cell.
But said I learning did in him agree
With fancy, union rare! how could it be?
His eighteenth year beheld him fondly cheering
His warlike steed and on its back careering;
A gay dragoon with spur on heel,
And brandish'd blade of flashing steel;
With wealth at will, the world before him,
To go where whim or fashion bore him;
No friendly tutor by his side,
His academic course to guide;
No classic honours to invite,
No emulation to excite.
But, in default of these, his soul
With native fire supplied the whole;
And neither Hall nor College claim
Honour from him, whose honour'd name
Shall henceforth with the highest stand,
The most efficient scholars of our land.
To him what meed of thanks th' unlearned owe!
And e'en the learned, who best his merits know.
With Homer, Virgil, Wieland, all converse
Like true compatriots in his pliant verse.
Pliant, but elevated, graceful, bold,
And worthy of the Bards of old.
Nor will we thanklessly peruse
The beauties of his native muse,
Where lofty thoughts and feelings sweet,
And moral truths commingling meet,
Where fancy spreads her absent scene,
The flowery mead, the forest green;
The plains, the mountain peaks, the fanes sublime,
The ruins long revered of Italy's fair clime.
Yea, thanks be his, heart-given and kind,
For all his pen has left behind!
Though bitters in his cup were mix'd,
And in his heart sharp arrows fix'd,
The current of his life ran clear;
With virtuous love and duteous children blest,
He journey'd onward to the Christian's rest,
And happy was his long career.
Social and joyous to the end,
Around him gather'd many a friend,
Whose minds his dear remembrance hold,
Though seventy years and more
His head had silver'd o'er,
As one who ne'er was old.
Rejoicing in his well-earn'd fame,
They oft repeat his honour'd name,
And as their thoughts on all his virtues dwell,
With sorrow, cheer'd and sweet, bid him a last farewell.
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