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The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir

Edited by Thomas Aird: With A Memoir of the Author
Moir, D. M. (1798-1851)

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VOL. I.
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DOMESTIC VERSES.
  
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SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE TWEED;
  
[As we had been in heart, now link'd in hand]
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I. WARK CASTLE.
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II. DRYBURGH ABBEY.
  
III. MELROSE ABBEY.
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IV. ABBOTSFORD.
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V. NIDPATH CASTLE.
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VI. “THE BUSH ABOON TRAQUAIR.”
  
TO MY INFANT DAUGHTER, E. C. M.
  
CASA WAPPY.
  
WEE WILLIE.
  
CASA'S DIRGE.
  
ELEGIAC STANZAS.
  
THE LOST LAMB.
  
TO THE BUST OF MY SON CHARLES.
  
SONNET.
  
VICISSITUDE.
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ELEGIAC EFFUSIONS.
  
THE BOWER OF PEACE.
  
WEEP NOT FOR HER.
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THE FOWLER.
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THE DESERTED CHURCHYARD.
  
TO A WOOD-PIGEON.
  
THE YELLOW LEAF.
  
THE DYING SPANIEL.
  
EVENING TRANQUILLITY.
  
HYMN TO HESPERUS.
  
FADED FLOWERS.
  
THE NIGHT HAWK.
  
STARLIGHT REFLECTIONS.
  
TO A WOUNDED PTARMIGAN.
  
THE CHILD'S BURIAL IN SPRING.
  
SPRING HYMN.
  
OCTOBER—A SKETCH.
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POEMS ON FLOWERS.
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THE BIRTH OF THE FLOWERS.
  
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RHODOCLEA'S GARLAND.
  
THE EGLANTINE.
  
THE WHITE ROSE.
  
LILIES.
  
THE HAREBELL.
  
THE WALL-FLOWER.
  
THE DAISY.
  
THE SWEET-BRIAR.
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POEMS SUGGESTED BY CELEBRATED SCOTTISH LOCALITIES.
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THE TOWER OF ERCILDOUNE.
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VIII.
  
THE GLEN OF ROSLIN.
  
THE TOMB OF DE BRUCE.
  
FLODDEN FIELD.
  
THE FIELD OF PINKIE.
  
HAWTHORNDEN.
  
THE RUINS OF SETON CHAPEL.
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LINES IN THE PARK OF KELBURN CASTLE.
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THE THORN OF PRESTON.
  
THE BASS ROCK.
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THOMSON'S BIRTH-PLACE.
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VOL. II.
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OCCASIONAL POEMS.
  
A SHADOW OF TRUTH.
  
STANZAS FOR THE BURNS FESTIVAL.
  
STANZAS,
  
SONG, FOR THE
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SONNETS.
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SONNETS ON THE SCENERY OF THE ESK.
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MOONLIGHT CHURCHYARD.
  
TO WORDSWORTH.
  
TO THE MUSE OF MILTON.
  
RURAL SCENERY.
  
CRICHTON CHAPEL.
  
WINTER.
  
THE SCOTTISH SABBATH.
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POEMS IN REFERENCE TO CHILDHOOD.
  
STANZAS ON AN INFANT.
  
THE EARLY LOST.
  
ADDRESS TO LITTLE CHILDREN.
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ECHOES OF ANTIQUITY.
  
THE MESSAGE OF SETH.
  
HIPPOCRATES TO THE AMBASSADORS OF ARTAXERXES.
  
THE LEGEND OF ST ROSALIE.
  
THE BURDEN OF SION.
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SONGS.
  
SONG OF THE SOUTH.
  
FAREWELL OUR FATHERS' LAND.
  
MOURN FOR THE BRAVE.
  
ERIC'S DIRGE.
  
THE STORMY SEA.
  
THE MAID OF ULVA.
  
LAMENT FOR MACRIMMON.
  
HEIGH-HO!
  
THE WANDERER OF CONNAUGHT.
  
MARY DHU.
  
THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN.
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BALLADS.
  
THE CAMPEADOR'S SPECTRE HOST.
  
THE HIGHLANDER'S RETURN.
  
WIZZERDE WYNKIN'S DETHE.
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TALES.
  
DE QUINCEY'S REVENGE.
  
THE MINER OF PERU.
  
SIR ELIDUC.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
THE OLD SEAPORT.
  
THE CONTADINA.
  
THE WINTER WILD.
  
THE DEFEAT OF WINTER.
  
MAY-DAY.
  
AN EVENING SKETCH.
  
ON THE DEATH OF IDA.
  
OUR NATIVE LAND.
  
BLOOM AND BLIGHT.
  
MINE OWN.
  
THE IMPROVISATRICE.
  
CHRISTMAS MUSINGS.
  
LINES ON A PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BY C. R. LESLIE, ESQ., R.A.
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THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD.
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THE BARD'S WISH.
  
THE LAMENT OF SELIM.
  
THE DARK WAGGON.
  
DISENCHANTMENT.
  
THE SYCAMINE.
  
THE COVENANTERS' NIGHT-HYMN.
  
REQUIEM.
  
THE MATIN CAROL.
  
STANZAS. WHEN THOU AT EVENTIDE ART ROAMING.
  
REMEMBERED BEAUTY.
  
THE VETERAN TAR.
  
THE RUINED NUNNERY.
  
THE HOUR OF THOUGHT.
  
TO INEZ, IN ABSENCE.
  
TO INEZ, IN REMEMBRANCE.
  
TO INEZ, IN LAMENT.
  
HYMN TO THE MOON.
  
MELANCHOLY.
  
THE UNKNOWN GRAVE.
  
DESPONDENCY. A REVERIE.
  
THE ANGLER.
  
THE TOMBLESS MAN. A DREAM.
  
LINES WRITTEN IN THE ISLE OF BUTE.
  
HYMN TO THE NIGHT WIND.
  
THE SNOW.
  
THE CASTLE OF TIME. A VISION.

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ERIC'S DIRGE.

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Shon'st thou but to pass away,
Chieftain, in thy bright noon-day?
(All who knew thee, love thee!)
Who to Eric would not yield?
Red hand in the battle field,
Kinsman's idol, Beauty's shield,
Flowers we strew above thee!

II

Eagle-like, in Glory's sky,
Soar'd thy dauntless spirit high;
(All who knew thee, love thee!)
Scion of a matchless race,
Strong in form, and fair of face,
First in field, and first in chase,
Flowers we strew above thee!
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III

Three to one Argyle came on,
Yet thy glance defiance shone;
(All who knew thee, love thee!)
Fear thine Islesmen never knew;
We were firm, tho' we were few;
And in front thy banner flew:—
Flowers we strew above thee!

IV

What mere men could do was done;
Two at least we slew for one;
(All who knew thee, love thee!)
But, ah fatal was our gain!
For, amid the foremost slain,
Lay'st thou, whom we mourn in vain:—
Flowers we strew above thee!

V

Mourn!—nor own one tearless eye,
Barra, Harris, Uist, and Skye!
(All who knew thee, love thee!)
Eric! low thou liest the while,
Shadowed by Iona's pile;
May no step thy stone defile:—
Flowers we strew above thee!
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