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The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie

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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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BASIL:
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SONG.— a glee.
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DE MONFORT:
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ACT III.
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ACT V.
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ETHWALD:
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PART FIRST.
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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PART SECOND.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V
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ORRA:
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT V.
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THE BEACON:
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ACT II.
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SONG.
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ROMIERO:
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ACT V.
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HENRIQUEZ:
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ACT V.
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MISCELLANEOUS PLAYS.
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RAYNER:
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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CONSTANTINE PALEOLOGUS;
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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THE FAMILY LEGEND:
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THE MARTYR:
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THE SEPARATION:
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THE PHANTOM:
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THE BRIDE:
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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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.
  
[prologue]
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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XIII.
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XIV.
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XVI.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXV.
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XXVI.
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XXVII.
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XXVIII.
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XXIX.
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XXX.
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XXXI.
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XXXII.
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XXXIII.
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XXXIV.
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XXXV.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX.
 XL. 
XL.
 XLI. 
XLI.
 XLII. 
XLII.
 XLIII. 
XLIII.
 XLIV. 
XLIV.
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XLV.
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XLVI.
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XLVII.
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XLVIII.
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XLIX.
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LI.
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LIII.
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LIV.
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LV.
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LVI.
  
LORD JOHN OF THE EAST:
  
MALCOLM'S HEIR:
  
THE ELDEN TREE:
  
THE GHOST OF FADON.
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FUGITIVE VERSES.
  
[dedication]
  
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 REVERIE.
  
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
  
A LAMENTATION.
  
A MOTHER TO HER WAKING INFANT.
  
A CHILD TO HIS SICK GRANDFATHER.
  
THUNDER
  
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
  
FRAGMENT OF A POEM
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MISCELLANEOUS POETRY
  
LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
  
EPILOGUE
  
THE BANISHED MAN.
  
TO A CHILD.
  
SONG
  
LONDON.
  
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
  
TWO SONGS.
  
SONG
  
TO SOPHIA J.BAILLIE.
  
THE KITTEN.
  
SCHOOL RHYMES FOR NEGRO CHILDREN.
  
RHYMES.
  
RHYMES FOR CHANTING.
  
DEVOTIONAL SONG FOR A NEGRO CHILD.
  
SECOND DEVOTIONAL SONG.
  
THIRD DEVOTIONAL SONG.
  
A NURSERY LESSON (DEVOTIONAL).
  
SECOND NURSERY LESSON
  
HYMN.
  
RECOLLECTIONS OF A DEAR AND STEADY FRIEND.
  
TWO BROTHERS.
  
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.
  
SONG,
  
A SONG
  
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.”
  
SONG,
  
VOLUNTEER'S SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
A SCOTCH SONG.
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
A SAILOR'S SONG.
  
SONG,
  
SIR MAURICE:
  
TO MRS. SIDDONS.
  
A SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG.
  
SONG.
  
THE BLACK COCK,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG,
  
SONG.
  
ON THE DEATH OF A VERY DEAR FRIEND.
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VERSES ON SACRED SUBJECTS.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
HYMN.
  
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.
  
JOB, XIII. 15.
  
HYMN.
  
A HYMN FOR THE KIRK.
  
A HYMN.
  
SELECT VERSES FROM THE 147TH PSALM.
  
THOUGHTS TAKEN FROM THE 93RD PSALM.
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AHALYA BAEE:

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A CHILD TO HIS SICK GRANDFATHER.

Grand-dad, they say you're old and frail,
Your stiffen'd legs begin to fail:
Your staff, no more my pony now,
Supports your body bending low,
While back to wall you lean so sad,
I'm vex'd to see you, Dad.
You used to smile and stroke my head,
And tell me how good children did;
But now, I wot not how it be,
You take me seldom on your knee:
Yet ne'ertheless I am right glad,
To sit beside you, Dad.
How lank and thin your beard hangs down!
Scant are the white hairs on your crown:
How wan and hollow are your cheeks!
Your brow is cross'd with many streaks;
But yet although his strength be fled,
I love my own old Dad.
The housewives round their potions brew,
And gossips come to ask for you;
And for your weal each neighbour cares;
And good men kneel and say their prayers;
And every body looks so sad,
When you are ailing, Dad.
You will not die and leave us, then?
Rouse up and be our Dad again.
When you are quiet and laid in bed,
We'll doff our shoes and softly tread;
And when you wake we'll still be near,
To fill old Dad his cheer.
When through the house you change your stand,
I'll lead you kindly by the hand:
When dinner's set I'll with you bide,
And aye be serving by your side;
And when the weary fire burns blue,
I'll sit and talk with you.
I have a tale both long and good,
About a partlet and her brood,
And greedy cunning fox that stole
By dead of midnight through a hole,
Which slily to the hen-roost led,—
You love a story, Dad?
And then I have a wondrous tale
Of men all clad in coats of mail,
With glittering swords,—you nod,—I think
Your heavy eyes begin to wink;—
Down on your bosom sinks your head:—
You do not hear me, Dad.
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