Poems and Essays of a Miscellaneous Character on Subjects of General Interest ::

Poems and Essays of a Miscellaneous Character on Subjects of General Interest

By Janet Hamilton

Hamilton, Janet (1795-1873)

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POEMS

Miscellaneous Pieces.

THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND.

CALEDONIA.

THE CHILD OF FRANCE.

LINES WRITTEN ON THE BIRTH OF THE YEAR 1853.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ON SEEING THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN

THE CONTRAST.

THE PLAGUE OF OUR ISLE.

A PARODY ON “THE WAYSIDE WELL,”

THE WAY O' THE WARL'.

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VERSES WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, AND ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF DENMARK.

I would sing a song of gladness,
Nuptial bliss and holy love;
But the trembling chords of sadness
Thrill my bosom as they move.

Beauty, royalty, and splendour,
Pomp in all its phases seen,
We admire; but turn with tender,
Deeper, feeling to our Queen.

Royal Bride—young, loving, beauteous,
Princely Bridegroom, take her hand;
Kneel as children dear and duteous
To the Lady of the land.

So before her mother knelt she,
With her Albert by her side,
She has felt all thoughts that melt thee—
England's, Albert's happy Bride.

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Mingled tears of love and pleasure,
Grief and joy, her cheek bedew;
She has lost her life's best treasure,
May it be restored in you!

Blessed change! no more bombarding
Of old Denmark's forts and towers;
Love and peace her Princess guarding,
Waft her to this land of ours.

Happy pair! high crowned with blessing,
Be it bliss without alloy!
Good Victoria's love possessing,
While the nation sings for joy.

Prince, thy father, good and gracious,
Bright example left behind
Holds thy empire—nought so precious—
Bind it on thy heart and mind.

Princess, in thy queenly mother,
Find the pattern of thy life.
Loved and loving, bless each other,
Britain's daughter, Albert's wife.

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VERSES WRITTEN ON THE OCCASION OF THE MARRIAGE OF ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, AND ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF DENMARK.