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Poems by James Hyslop

... With a Sketch of his Life, and Notes on his Poems, By the Rev. Peter Mearns
Hyslop, James (1798-1827)

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 I. 
I. The Interview.
 II. 
II. Scottish Song.
 III. 
III. Kintra Jock.
 IV. 
IV. To My Dear Lassie Far Away.
 V. 
V. The Beacon on the Cumbrae Isles.
 VI. 
VI. To Lydia.
 VII. 
VII. Lydia and Cupid.
 VIII. 
VIII. To Lydia.
 IX. 
IX. To Lydia.
 X. 
X. Song.
 XI. 
XI. Pastoral Sweetness.
 XII. 
XII. Meditations.
 XIII. 
XIII. Musings.
 XIV. 
XIV. Farewell.
 XV. 
XV. The Lassie wi' the Saft, Dark E'e.
 XVI. 
XVI. The Cameronian Dream.
 XVII. 
XVII. To Lydia's Sister.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. Scottish National Melody.
 XIX. 
XIX. To Lydia.
 XX. 
XX. The Mountain Song.
 XXI. 
XXI. Scottish Imitation of a Passage in Tasso's “Aminta.”
 XXII. 
XXII. Despair.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. The Prisoner's Song.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. Song to Anna.
 XXV. 
XXV. Song—To You.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. Fragment of a Dream.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. Scottish Imitation of the Fifth Ode of the First Book of Horace.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. Address to the Crawick.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. My Grandfather.
 XXX. 
XXX. The Murmurs of the Crawick.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. Lines on Friendship.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. Crawick Glen.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. Balandine Braes.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. To Lydia.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. The Child's Dream.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. To Lydia.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. To Lydia.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. The Wish.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. The Language of Love.
 XL. 
XL. A Contrast.
 XLI. 
XLI. Lines
 XLII. 
XLII. To Lydia.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. Scotland Remembered.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. Rivalry—A Song.
 XLV. 
XLV. To Anna.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. The Scottish Sacramental Sabbath.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. The Cameronian Vision.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. The Ringlet's Address to Lydia.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. Letter to Your Sister.
 L. 
L. Dialogue in Scottish.
 LI. 
LI. The Memory of Early Love—A Song.
 LII. 
LII. To Anna.
 LIII. 
LIII. To Anna.
 LIV. 
LIV. To Anna.
 LV. 
LV. Letter to Anna.
 LVI. 
LVI. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVII. 
LVII. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. To Mr. John Laidlaw.
 LIX. 
LIX. Song.
 LX. 
LX. A Ball on Board.
 LXI. 
LXI. The Wanderer's Song.
 LXII. 
LXII. In a Foreign Land.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. The Poet and His Mistress.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. A Storm at Sea.
 LXV. 
LXV. The Poet's Favourite Theme.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. Moore's Poetry.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. To Caroline.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. The Absent Lover.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. The Student.
 LXX. 
LXX. Song.—To You.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. Woman's Love.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. A Dialogue.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. Song.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. Scottish Verses.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. Birthday Verses to Anna.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. The Ring-Dove to Anna.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII. To Anna.—Wishes.
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. Song.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. Song.—The Wine is Red.
 LXXX. 
LXXX. Stanzas
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI. The Untombed Mariners.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. Lines

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LXIX.
The Student.

Tho' I have studied many a weary day,
Till I have felt my spirit fade away,
Leaving my mind all dreariness and gloom—
A desert wilderness without a bloom;
Tho' oft Imagination's reveries deep
Have banish'd from my couch repose and sleep,
Turning next morning's sunshine into shade,
Till from my cheek the hues of health would fade,—
I'll not regret it now, since not in vain
Youth has been pass'd in weariness and pain;
But hope for sweet repose in happier years,
When gathering Learning's fruit without the briers.
I'll not regret it, now that I have gained
What I without it never had attained—
All that is dearest to the heart of youth—
Beauty and fondness, constancy and truth.
Thou who to me hast loving been and dear,
When I had none but thee my soul to cheer,
Who brighten'st life's dark morning as it rose,—
None else but thee shall share its sunny close.
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