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The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie

Complete in One Volume

Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)

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A SERIES OF PLAYS: IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO DELINEATE THE STRONGER PASSIONS OF THE MIND EACH PASSION BEING THE SUBJECT OF A TRAGEDY AND A COMEDY.

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MISCELLANEOUS PLAYS.

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CONSTANTINE PALEOLOGUS;

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THE FAMILY LEGEND:

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THE SEPARATION:

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MISCELLANEOUS POETRY.

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METRICAL LEGENDS.

A METRICAL LEGEND OF WILLIAM WALLACE.

THE LEGEND OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

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THE LEGEND OF LADY GRISELD BAILLIE.

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LORD JOHN OF THE EAST:

MALCOLM'S HEIR:

THE ELDEN TREE:

THE GHOST OF FADON.

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FUGITIVE VERSES.

A WINTER'S DAY.

A SUMMER'S DAY.

NIGHT SCENES OF OTHER TIMES.

ADDRESS TO THE MUSES.

A MELANCHOLY LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.

A CHEERFUL-TEMPERED LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS

A PROUD LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.

A POETICAL OR SOUND-HEARTED LOVER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MISTRESS.

A DISAPPOINTMENT.

A MOTHER TO HER WAKING INFANT.

A CHILD TO HIS SICK GRANDFATHER.

THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.

FRAGMENT OF A POEM

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MISCELLANEOUS POETRY

LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.

THE BANISHED MAN.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF WILLIAM SOTHEBY, ESQ.

VERSES TO OUR OWN FLOWERY KIRTLED SPRING.

LINES TO A PARROT.

LINES TO A TEAPOT.

THE MOODY SEER:

THE MERRY BACHELOR

TO SOPHIA J.BAILLIE.

SCHOOL RHYMES FOR NEGRO CHILDREN.

RHYMES FOR CHANTING.

DEVOTIONAL SONG FOR A NEGRO CHILD.

SECOND DEVOTIONAL SONG.

THIRD DEVOTIONAL SONG.

A NURSERY LESSON (DEVOTIONAL).

SECOND NURSERY LESSON

RECOLLECTIONS OF A DEAR AND STEADY FRIEND.

LINES TO AGNES BAILLIE ON HER BIRTHDAY.

VERSES SENT TO MRS. BAILLIE ON HER BIRTHDAY, 1813.

VERSES WRITTEN IN FEBRUARY, 1827.

THE TRAVELLER BY NIGHT IN NOVEMBER.

LINES FOR A FRIEND'S ALBUM.

ADDRESS TO A STEAMVESSEL.

FY, LET US A' TO THE WEDDING.

HOOLY AND FAIRLY.

THE LADY IN HER CAR.

TO JAMES B. BAILLIE,

THE WEARY PUND O' TOW.

TAM O' THE LIN.

NEW WORDS TO THE OLD SCOTCH AIR OF “THE WEE PICKLE TOW.”

VOLUNTEER'S SONG,

A SAILOR'S SONG.

TO MRS. SIDDONS.

THE BLACK COCK,

ON THE DEATH OF A VERY DEAR FRIEND.

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VERSES ON SACRED SUBJECTS.

HYMN FOR THE SCOTCH KIRK.

A SECOND HYMN FOR THE KIRK.

A THIRD HYMN FOR THE KIRK.

ST. MATTHEW, v. 9.

ST.LUKE, XVIII. 16.

ST.JOHN, XXI. 1.

ST. LUKE, VII. 12.

A HYMN FOR THE KIRK.

SELECT VERSES FROM THE 147TH PSALM.

THOUGHTS TAKEN FROM THE 93RD PSALM.

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SCENE II.

The great hall of the castle.
Enter the Countess, meeting Sophera; a confused noise heard without, and a discharge of cannon.
Countess.
What sawst thou from the turrets, for thy face
Looks pale and terrified? The din increases;
They have not made a breach?

Soph.
I hope they have not; but that fearful engine
Is now against our weakest buttress pointed.
[Cannon heard again.
It roars again; have mercy on us, heaven!
How the walls shake, as if an earthquake rock'd them!

Countess.
My child, my child! I'll to the lowest vaults
Convey him instantly.

Soph.
But you forget th' attack is still directed
Against the eastern side; here he is safe.

Countess.
And may th' Almighty ever keep him so!

[Cannon without.
Soph.
Again the horrible roar!

Countess.
Our ruin'd walls are weak, our warriors few:
Should they effect a breach!—O Garcio, Garcio!
Where wand'rest thou, unblest, unhappy man,
Who hadst our safeguard been! Enter Pietro.

Ha! bringst thou tidings?

Pie.
Ay, and fearful tidings.
The foe have made a breach, and through the moat,

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Now grown so shallow with the summer drought,
Have made their way.

Countess.
Where does Rovani fight?

Pie.
He did fight in the breach most valiantly;
But now the foemen o'er his body pass,
For he is slain, and all, I fear, is lost.

Countess.
It must not be: I'll to the walls myself;
My soldiers will with desperate courage fight,
When they behold their wretched mistress near.

Soph.
(endeavouring to prevent her).
O, madam, do not go!
Alas, alas! our miserable fate!

Countess.
Restrain me not with senseless lamentations;
Driven to this desp'rate state, what is my choice?
For now I must be bold, or despicable.

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