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Petition to the Deil

And Other War Verses: By J. Logie Robertson

Robertson, J. Logie (1846-1922)

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TO SIR GEORGE DOUGLAS, BART.

PETITION TO THE DEIL.

HACKING THEIR WAY THROUGH.

THE OLD CHARTER.

THE PHARISEE TURN'D PUBLICAN.

EBB—AND FLOW.

A HIGHLAND HAMLET.

IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. JAMES LAIDLAW HUGGAN, R.A.M.C.

AN ADDRESS TO THE PRIME MINISTER

THE AULD “RESERVE.”

THE COLONEL'S ADDRESS.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE LITTLE.

THE CRY OF THE NATION.

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.

KAISER, COUNT THE COST!

EXTEMPORE LINES

A MOTHER'S PRAYER,

THE TWO TYRANNIES.

THE STRENGTH OF UNION.

JUSTICE THE ARBITER OF PEACE.

THE KAISER'S APPEAL TO HISTORY.

THE OLD OFFICER TO HIS SON.

ROUCHLE WILLIE.

THE HARVEST BELLS.

CROXDALE-ON-THE-WEAR.

THE DOOM OF PRUSSIA.

THE FATE OF SERBIA:

THE NAKED HAND.

THE LANG WHANG.

A SCHOLAR'S EPITAPH IN LEMNOS.

ECONOMY ON THE OCHILS.

MEMORIAL SONNET TO WILLIE.

THE DAY OF THE YOUNG MEN.

THE VOICE OF SHAKESPEARE.

SOUND AND FURY AT VERDUN.

THE BRAMBLE KING.

PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY!

PEACE AND VICTORY.

A SONG OF THE FIELDS.

A GOOD WORD FOR “THE WEED.”

AT BALQUHIDDER.

THE COCK O' JOHN TAMSON'S TOUN.

THE CALL OF THE SEA.

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TO SIR GEORGE DOUGLAS, BART.

Dear Douglas, whom by Teviotside,
Beneath your own rooftree,
I saw in happier days abide,
With Peace and Poesie,—

The first of my poetic pains
Have long since passed from view:
These latest (sadder, higher strains)
I dedicate to you.

March, 1917.