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Poems by James Hyslop

... With a Sketch of his Life, and Notes on his Poems, By the Rev. Peter Mearns
Hyslop, James (1798-1827)

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 I. 
I. The Interview.
 II. 
II. Scottish Song.
 III. 
III. Kintra Jock.
 IV. 
IV. To My Dear Lassie Far Away.
 V. 
V. The Beacon on the Cumbrae Isles.
 VI. 
VI. To Lydia.
 VII. 
VII. Lydia and Cupid.
 VIII. 
VIII. To Lydia.
 IX. 
IX. To Lydia.
 X. 
X. Song.
 XI. 
XI. Pastoral Sweetness.
 XII. 
XII. Meditations.
 XIII. 
XIII. Musings.
 XIV. 
XIV. Farewell.
 XV. 
XV. The Lassie wi' the Saft, Dark E'e.
 XVI. 
XVI. The Cameronian Dream.
 XVII. 
XVII. To Lydia's Sister.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. Scottish National Melody.
 XIX. 
XIX. To Lydia.
 XX. 
XX. The Mountain Song.
 XXI. 
XXI. Scottish Imitation of a Passage in Tasso's “Aminta.”
 XXII. 
XXII. Despair.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. The Prisoner's Song.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. Song to Anna.
 XXV. 
XXV. Song—To You.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. Fragment of a Dream.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. Scottish Imitation of the Fifth Ode of the First Book of Horace.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. Address to the Crawick.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. My Grandfather.
 XXX. 
XXX. The Murmurs of the Crawick.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. Lines on Friendship.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. Crawick Glen.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. Balandine Braes.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. To Lydia.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. The Child's Dream.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. To Lydia.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. To Lydia.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. The Wish.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. The Language of Love.
 XL. 
XL. A Contrast.
 XLI. 
XLI. Lines
 XLII. 
XLII. To Lydia.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. Scotland Remembered.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. Rivalry—A Song.
 XLV. 
XLV. To Anna.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. The Scottish Sacramental Sabbath.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. The Cameronian Vision.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. The Ringlet's Address to Lydia.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. Letter to Your Sister.
 L. 
L. Dialogue in Scottish.
 LI. 
LI. The Memory of Early Love—A Song.
 LII. 
LII. To Anna.
 LIII. 
LIII. To Anna.
 LIV. 
LIV. To Anna.
 LV. 
LV. Letter to Anna.
 LVI. 
LVI. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVII. 
LVII. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. To Mr. John Laidlaw.
 LIX. 
LIX. Song.
 LX. 
LX. A Ball on Board.
 LXI. 
LXI. The Wanderer's Song.
 LXII. 
LXII. In a Foreign Land.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. The Poet and His Mistress.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. A Storm at Sea.
 LXV. 
LXV. The Poet's Favourite Theme.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. Moore's Poetry.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. To Caroline.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. The Absent Lover.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. The Student.
 LXX. 
LXX. Song.—To You.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. Woman's Love.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. A Dialogue.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. Song.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. Scottish Verses.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. Birthday Verses to Anna.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. The Ring-Dove to Anna.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII. To Anna.—Wishes.
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. Song.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. Song.—The Wine is Red.
 LXXX. 
LXXX. Stanzas
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI. The Untombed Mariners.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. Lines

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XXII.
Despair.

The sun of the morning
Ariseth in brightness,
But shineth not now
On my bosom all lightness.
To a heart that is sick
With vexation and care,
Its rays only darken
The gloom of despair.
When despair's bitter draught
Puts youth's heart in a ferment,
The prospect of day
Only deepens its torment.
Though the cup may at evening
Subside into sadness,
The dreams of the night
Mingle musings of madness.
How oft from the pillow
Where slumbers deep sorrow,
The soul in distraction
Awakes on the morrow,
With the torrent's dark dash
Hanging o'er the deep wave;
And the pistol's red flash,
And the suicide's grave!
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