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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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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 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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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 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 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.
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Scene IX.
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ACT V.
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Scene I.
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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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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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TO MONT BLANC.

Blanc! shall we say yon sun to thee comes down;
Or goest thou up to him, formed to aspire
To his red orb that stains thy snows with fire,
And burns a thousand clouds to glory for thy crown?
Day's lingering blush upon thy brow still shed
Shall cool to twilight's keen blue effuence,
Ere scaling now the glaciers' terrible fence
Round thy congealèd loins, yon eagle reach thy head.
Each element of nature truest shines
Round thee. The white unsteady clouds that stream
From off thy forehead most ethereal seem,
And the pale moon that high glazes thy savage pines.
Thine, waters great and small of glassiest wave:
From out thy side the frozen-bearded spring
Looks with clear eye, like hermit's, glittering,
Touched by the moon's cold wand; below pure torrents rave.
And who shall dare thy awful skirts to tread,
When in the tempest-robe thy form retires,
Wrought of dark thunder and embroidered fires?
And the sharp stars of night are keenest o'er thy head.
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Oh, not in vain has God built up thy height,
Majestic parent of abstracted forms,
Shaped from man's spirit by thy hurrying storms,
Dread steeps, and silent snows, and clearnesses of light.
Lives there the man durst bear unto thy crown
Of chastest cold, where never sun that shone
Hurt the blue chair of Winter's icy throne,
Feelings and thoughts impure, as in the thick gross town?
The snows of Innocence thy forehead blanch;
Black Horror nods upon thy piney steep;
And Danger, like a giant half asleep,
And falling, leans upon thy falling avalanche.
Scarce has yon eagle reached thy summit hoar,
Heaven-towering Blanc, with upward steady wing!—
I leave thy presence; but, in wandering,
I'll see thee oft afar o'er sea and circling shore.
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