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Poems and ballads

Second edition. By Janet Hamilton ... With introductory papers by the Rev. George Gilfillan and the Rev. Alexander Wallace

Hamilton, Janet (1795-1873)

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THE SKYLARK—CAGED AND FREE.

ELEGIAC VERSES ON THE DEATH OF LORD PALMERSTON.

“WORDS OF COMFORT.”

BARNSLEY COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

GIRLISH REMINISCENCES.

A LAY OF THE LOCH AN' THE MUIRLAN'.

VERSES Written for, and inscribed to, the Members of the Glasgow Saint Andrew's Society, at their Annual Meeting, November 30, 1866.

GARIBALDI'S MISSION.

THE MUSIC OF THE STREAM.

OCTOBER MUSINGS, 1866.

THE BALLAD O' MARY MUIREN.

I.

THE SUNDAY RAIL—I.

II.

THE SUNDAY RAIL.—II.

BALLAD OF THE MONKLAND COTTAR.

ON THE DEATH OF JOHN CASSELL,

ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. MATTHEW GARDNER, D.D., Of Bothwell,

BALLAD OF THE NEW MONKLAND MARTYR.

INTEMPERANCE AND THE SUNDAY TRAINS.

RETROSPECT OF SONG.

“BOTHWELL BRIG.”

THE ISLES OF GREECE.

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES—I., 1865.

THE MAY FLOWER.

IMPORTANT QUERIES.

TO THE REV. JOHN JAMES,

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES—II., 1865.

BRAVE ANGUS CAMERON,

LINES On the long and beautiful Summer of 1865, in connection with the Cattle Plague then raging.

GRANNIE'S TALE.

THE DESERTED MANSION.

THE DOOM OF THE PAPACY.

A LAY OF THE TAMBOUR FRAME.

THE OLD CHURCHYARD.

ELEGIAC VERSES: Inscribed, and Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Dr. John Campbell, of London, who died March 26, 1867.

NEWSPAPER FINDINGS, 1867.

THE WARNING WAIL.

THE FATE OF MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO AND HIS EMPRESS.

RHYMES FOR THE TIMES.—III.

ADDRESS AND INVITATION

THE BLACK SNAKES.

PAIRTIN' AN' MEETIN.'

THE MIDNIGHT VIGIL.

WELCOME TO OCTOBER, 1867.

PICTURES OF MEMORY.

GRANNIE'S DREAM.

LINES On the Death of the Infant Daughter of David Young, Dunoon.

MEDLEY OF THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ON THE ITALIAN CRISIS.

FREEDOM FOR ITALY—1867.

GRANNIE'S CRACK ABOOT THE FAMINE IN AULD SCOTLAN' IN 1739–40.

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II.

III.

III. THE STREAM.

IV.

IV. THE RESUMÉ.

THE DYING OLD YEAR, 1867.

A BALLAD, Founded on a Real Incident which occurred in High Life many years ago.

THE FEAST OF THE “MUTCHES.”

EPITHALAMIUM. Composed and written on the Marriage of James Addie, Esq., Viewpark, Bothwell, with Julia Wakefield, Eastwoodpark, Renfrew;

THE GOD OF THE SEASONS.

LINES Addressed to Mr. James Muir, Summerlee Ironworks, on the Death of his two Daughters, who died within a few months of each other.

LINES Composed at the request of a very dear Friend, who was suffering from heavy grief and anxiety of mind.

AULD MITHER SCOTLAN'.

THE ANGEL'S TREASURE.

ADDRESS TO GARIBALDI IN HIS RETIREMENT AT CAPRERA, 1868.

SUMMER IS WANING.

THE FEVER-CLOUD.

AN APPEAL FOR THOMAS ELLIOT,

ADDRESS TO COL. D. C. R. CARRICK-BUCHANAN, Of Drumpellier,

ADDRESS TO MRS. WM. ANDERSON,

TO WILLIAM LOGAN,

TO WILLIAM CRAIG,

THE ENEMY IN THE GATE.

SKETCHES OF VILLAGE CHARACTER IN DAYS “O' LANGSYNE.”

THE GREETIN' BAIRN.

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THE FATE OF MAXIMILIAN OF MEXICO AND HIS EMPRESS.

“Take physic, Pomp!” Look on that noble brow—
Of what avail thy garish splendours now—
The crown of Empire, worn for three short years,
Ending in madness, murder, blood, and tears?

Of stately form and mien, high-soul'd and brave—
From anarchy, misrule, and strife to save
He came. Deserted and deceived, he failed—
And fell, by twofold treachery assailed.

Unhappy Charlotte! Ah, the “weeping blood
In woman's heart” wells up into a flood
Of tender pity, while kind angels shed
Celestial tears on thy devoted head!

Oh, hapless victim, offered at the shrine
Of false ambition! more than death was thine,
When blank despair rung hope's expiring knell
Upon thine ear, till reason reeled and fell!

Allured to southern climes—oh, ill-starred pair!—
By hope's deluding meretricious glare—
An ignis fatuus, dazzling to betray,
Ye followed, fell, and perished in the way!