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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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POEMS
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Miscellaneous Pieces.
 
LINES
 
CENTENARY POEM,
 
OCTOBER, 1861.
 
SUMMER VOICES.
 
THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
 
CALEDONIA.
 
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.
 
OOR LOCATION.
 
THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.
 
EPITHALAMIUM
 
SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LATTER DAYS OF JOHN WHITELAW
 
MOTHER AND CHILD.
 
SONG—THE COUTHIE AULD MAN.
 
REMONSTRANCE.
 
OLD MEMORIES.
 
SPRING SCENE IN THE COUNTRY.
 
AULD SCOTLAN'
 
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.
 
CRINOLINE.
 
WOMAN.
 
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.
 
GARIBALDI.
 
BRITISH VOLUNTEERS.
 
THE FIRST AND SECOND ADVENTS OF GARIBALDI—1851–2.
 
GARIBALDI A CAPTIVE.
 
CALDER—A MEMORY.
 
MAY.
 
COUSIN BELL.
 
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.
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Sacred Poetry
 
ICHABOD.
 
THE DEATH OF STEPHEN.
 
LINES ON'THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER.
 
“GOD IS DEPARTED FROM ME, AND ANSWERETH ME NO MORE.”
 
A FAITHFUL MOTHER'S LOVE.
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Temperance Pieces.
 
NIGHT PHASES OF DRUNKENNESS.
 
THE THREE GOLDEN BALLS.
 
TEMPERANCE WARFARE.
 
ADDRESS AND WELCOME TO J. B. GOUGH
 
ON SEEING THE BODY OF A WOMAN DRAWN FROM THE MONKLAND CANAL
 
LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS H. B. STOWE
 
ON THE ANTICIPATED RETURN OF J. B. GOUGH TO BRITAIN.
 
LINES
 
THE MOURNING MOTHER.
 
THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE.
 
LINES
 
THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
 
ON SEEING THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN
 
THE CONTRAST.
 
THE PLAGUE OF OUR ISLE.
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ESSAYS
 
THE TWO CONQUERORS;
 
SCOTIA: A VISION.
 
A TRUE STORY.
 
A PARODY ON “THE WAYSIDE WELL,”
 
LYRICS OF DRINK.
 
LYRICS OF DRINK.
 
TRUST IN GOD.
 
VERSES
 
AUL' SCOTLAN'.
 
THE WAY O' THE WARL'.

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LINES ADDRESSED TO THE REV. J. JAMES

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On his going out as a Missionary to Canada in March, 1857.

Zion's King hath called thee—go!
'Tis His sovereign pleasure,
Honour on thee to bestow,
And charge of gospel treasure.
He who winneth souls is wise;
High thy glorious calling!
Leading pilgrims to the skies—
Fear nor toil appalling.
Leave thy home by Clyde's fair strand,
O'er the Atlantic billow
Seek in far Canadian land
Stranger's home and pillow.
Spread the knowledge of the cross,
Tell redemption's story;
Counting all things else but loss
For the crown of glory.
Deem not thou canst leave behind
Drink—that dragon cruel;
Thou the burning fiend wilt find
'Midst abundant fuel.
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Then, as now, the demon face—
Thine is strength and daring;
Give the monster ceaseless chase,
Strike with hand unsparing.
Dear the fruitful vine that clings
To thy faithful bosom;
Dear the olive plants she brings
Round thy board to blossom;
Dear the sacred filial tie,
Love and duty blending;
Dear the clasp, the tear, the sigh—
Warm farewells attending.
But a dearer, holier love,
Ever heavenward turning,
Makes thy heart's strong pulses move,
Sets thy spirit burning.
“Love of Christ, and love of souls,”
Be thy motto ever;
Then between, though ocean rolls,
Homes, not hearts, we sever!
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