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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.
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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.
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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 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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ACT V.
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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.
  
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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Scene IV.
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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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Forth borne, and onward through the breathing night,
Freedom was given to Julian's limbs and sight.
Within the city wall the party stood,
A stream in front, behind a scattered wood.
The skirring moon flew on her shining track,
And from her horn-tips tossed the wispy rack,
Boring the West; o'er snowy Atlas high,
Ranged through the clearness of the southern sky,
With lengthened beams the stars told morn was nigh.
“Disperse, disguise ye, shun that vengeful King,”
Bespoke the Chief his guards; “you know the spring
Beyond the northern wall? I'll wait you there:
Steal through the various gates: once more, Beware!
Away! away! this youth shall be my care.”
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They went. To Julian said the Chief: “We spare thee
For one test more; let time and thought prepare thee:
O'er Fez we'll ride; we hold thee in our power,
To deal with thee in that decisive hour.
Come on with me; beyond the tyrant's thrall
This stream shall sweep us, issuing 'neath yon wall.
But ha! what's this?” For glimpsing points of mail,
Seen through the trees, his startled eyes assail.
Armed guards came on:—“Yield to thy King; prepare,
Sir Chief, thy bloody outrage to declare!”
They cried. Forth flashed Zemberbo's scimitar,
And on the foremost fell its edge of war
With sharing gash; and through a second fast,
And through a third, the shearing vengeance passed;
Still met the hemming foe with savage haste,
And shed defiance far and killing waste.
Like fire-scrolled parchments, shrunk his shag lips round,
Baring his ivory teeth that fiercely ground;
Heaved his wide nostril with disdainful ire;
Shook his black locks; gleamed his great eye of fire;
Swept his unbaffled arm: with many a stride
Far-shifting, sped his work from side to side,
Till, pressed by numbers, in the stream he dashed,
A moment sank, then rose, and fiercely flashed
Above the breasted billows, highly waved
His dripping sword, and thus the danger braved:—
“Caitiffs, we yet shall meet! yea, tell your King,
Of bloody sabres shall we presents bring.
High on his turrets watching, let him see
Our coming-on, which gloriously shall be
By lights of burning towns—wild measuring line,
O'er hill and valley shall it stretch and shine!
Now for the lantern of yon imaged moon,
To guide us forth: vengeance—we'll have it soon!”
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He said, and down into the waters went;
They gurgled round him, nor his reascent
His watchful foes could see. But hark! that shout
Beyond the wall: the stream has borne him out.
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