The Wreck of the Steamer Storm Queen
The Wreck of the Steamer Storm Queen Ye landsmen, all pray list to me, While I relate a terrible tale of the sea, Concerning the screw […]
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The Wreck of the Thomas Dryden As I stood upon the sandy beach One morn near Pentland Ferry, I saw a beautiful brigantine, And all her […]
READ MOREThe Wreck of the Whaler Oscar
The Wreck of the Whaler Oscar ‘Twas on the 1st of April, and in the year of Eighteen thirteen, That the whaler “Oscar” was wrecked not […]
READ MORETo Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee
To Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee Success to James Scrymgeour, He’s a very good man, And to gainsay it, There’s few people can; Because he makes the […]
READ MOREWomen’s Suffrage
Women’s Suffrage Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise? When they pay the […]
READ MOREWreck of the Schooner Samuel Crawford
Wreck of the Schooner Samuel Crawford ‘Twas in the year of 1886, and on the 29th of November, Which the surviving crew of the “Samuel Crawford” […]
READ MOREYoung Munro the Sailor
Young Munro the Sailor ‘Twas on a sunny morning in the month of May, I met a pretty damsel on the banks o’ the Tay; I […]
READ MOREA tale of two swannes
A tale of two swannes When nature nurse of euery liuing thing, Had clad her charge in braue and new aray: The hils reioyst to see […]
READ MOREA Grey Day
A Grey Day Grey drizzling mists the moorlands drape, Rain whitens the dead sea, From headland dim to sullen cape Grey sails creep wearily. I know […]
READ MOREAn Ode in Time of Hesitation
An Ode in Time of Hesitation After seeing at Boston the statue of Robert Gould Shaw, killed while storming Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, at the […]
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