Chronicle_ (May, 1794). The old air, _Hey, tuttie, taitie_, to which
Burns ‘fitted’ this poem, is said to have been Bruce’s marching tune at
Bannockburn.
The third appeared in the _Edinburgh Courant_ (May 4, 1795), and in
the _Dumfries Journal_ (May 5, 1795), and is number 546 in vol. ii. of
Johnson’s _Musical Museum_ (1803).
The fourth was written in 1795 for the Irish air _Humours of Glen_, and
published in the _Edinburgh Magazine_ (May, 1797), and in vol. ii. of
Thomson’s _Scottish Airs_ (1799).
CXXXV-CXXXVII
The first is the opening stanza of the sixth canto of _The Lay of the
Last Minstrel_ (1805).
The second consists of part of stanza 33, and the whole of stanza 34 of
the sixth canto of _Marmion_ (1808).
l. 5. _vaward._ Vanguard.
7. The horn of Roland, nephew of Charlemagne, the sound of which
carried a fabulous distance.
The third was written for _Albyn’s Anthology_ (1816). ‘Donuil Dhu’
means ‘Donald the Black.’
CXXXVIII-CXL
The first is from _The Monastery_ (1820).
l. 8. _the Queen._ Mary, Queen of Scots.
9. _hirsels._ Flocks.
The second, written in 1825, first appeared in _The Doom of Devergoil_
(1830), Act ii. scene 2.
‘The air of Bonnie Dundee running in my head to-day,’ Scott writes
(22nd December), ‘I wrote a few verses to it before dinner, taking the
keynote from the story of Clavers leaving the Scottish Convention of
Estates in 1688-9. _I wonder if they are good!_’ (_Journal_, i. 60).
_barkened._ Tanned.
_carline._ Old woman.
_couthie._ Kind.
_douce._ Quiet.
_duniewassals._ Yeomen.
_flyting._ Scolding.
_gang._ Go.
_ilk._ Every.
_pow._ Pate.
_target._ A round shield.
The full title of the third number is ‘War Song of the Royal Edinburgh
Light Dragoons.’ It was written under the apprehension of a French
invasion. The corps of volunteers to which the song is addressed was
raised in 1797, and consisted of Edinburgh gentlemen mounted and armed
at their own expense.
CXLI
From Scott’s _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, 3 vols. (1802-1803).
The first four lines of the fourth stanza appear on the title-page of
_Marmion_.
CXLII
First published in Cromek’s _Remains of Nithisdale and Galloway Song_
(1810), when the author was a working mason.
CXLIII
Johnson’s _Musical Museum_, vol. iii. (1790). A similar song, _The
Clans are Coming_, is included in Ritson’s _Scottish Songs_ (1794).
CXLIV
_Collected Works_, edited by William Anderson (1851). I have found many
versions of this old song, but none to equal Gilfillan’s.
CXLV-CXLVI
Both from _Songs of Travel_ (Chatto & Windus, 1896). By permission of
Charles Baxter, Esq., executor of the author.
The second was written at Vailima, Samoa, and is addressed ‘To S. R.
Crockett, Esq.’ The author writes from Vailima to Mr. Crockett (May 17,
1893):--‘I shall never set my foot again upon the heather. Here I am
until I die, and here will I be buried. The word is out, and the doom
written.’--_Letters_, vol. ii. p. 287 (Methuen & Co., 1899).
l. 3. _Whaups._ Curlews.
11. _Peewees._ Lapwings.
CXLVII
_Blackwood’s Magazine_ (January 1900). By permission of the author and
the editor of _Blackwood’s Magazine_.
JACOBITE SONGS
CXLVIII-CLI
The first number is given in Hogg’s _Jacobite Relics_, Second Series
(Wm. Blackwood, 1821).
As to the second,--there are many versions of this old song. Hogg has
two versions, both different to that given here.
The third number is attributed to Hogg by Chambers and other critics.
The fourth is said to have been written by Lady Keith (_née_ Lady Maria
Drummond), daughter of the Earl of Perth, and mother of James Francis
Edward, commonly called Marshal Keith (1698-1758), who fought under
Frederick the Great in the Seven Years’ War.
_birken._ Birch.
_laverock._ Lark.
_Moidart._ In Inverness.
_croo house._ Hovel.
_bike._ Family.
_lyart._ Hoary.
_eild._ Old age.
_clishmaclaver._ Idle discourse.
CLII-CLV
The first is number 127 of vol. ii. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_
(1788). Unsigned.
The second is number 302 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_
(1792). Unsigned.
l. 2. _felly._ Relentless.
5. _maun._ Must.
9. _mirk._ Gloomy.
The third is number 359 of vol. iv. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_
(1792). Unsigned. This song has not been found in any earlier
collection.
The fourth is number 497 of vol. v. of Johnson’s _Musical Museum_
(1796). Unsigned. Based on an old ballad, ‘Unkind Parents’ (_Roxburghe
Ballads_, vol. vii.).
l. 15. _gae._ Gave.
28. _lee-lang._ Live-long.
CLVI-CLVII
_Lays from Stratheam_ (1746). These new versions of old songs were
first published anonymously.
As to the second, _gar mony ferlie_ (l. 2)=‘cause great excitement.’
CLVIII
Given in Hogg (Second Series), and reprinted in _Poetical Remains of
William Glen, with Memoir_ (1874). Written to the old tune, ‘Johnnie
Faa.’
l. 12. _lilt o’ dool._ Song of grief.
22. _maist._ Almost.
38. _fairly._ Completely.
CLIX
_Songs of the North_, vol. i. (Cramer & Co., 1885). By permission of
the author, who wrote the words to fit an old and stirring air with
which he became acquainted when on a visit to the Hebrides.
CLX
By permission of the author and the editor of _The Celtic Monthly_, in
which publication (May, 1894) these verses first appeared.
IV.--IRELAND
CLXI
Lines 83-97 of _The Deserted Village_ (1769).
CLXII
This, the best and most widely known of the Irish street ballads, dates
from the year 1798. _Caubeen_ (l. 15)=hat.
CLXIII-CLXIX
All from the famous series of _Irish Melodies_, the publication of
which began in 1807, and continued at irregular intervals till 1834.
As to the second,--
l. 3. _Mononia._ Munster.
4. _Kincora._ Brien’s Palace.
22. _Ossory’s plain._ The ancient kingdom of Ossory comprised
parts of Queen’s County and Kilkenny.
As to the third,--
l. 1. _Tara’s halls._ The hill of Tara, in Meath, was the meeting-place
for the election of the kings of Ireland; but most writers on Irish
antiquities are of opinion that there was no royal dwelling there. It
would seem, therefore, that ‘Tara’s halls’ never existed but in the
imagination of poets.
As to the fifth, Robert Emmet (1778-1803), United Irishman, the leader
of ‘Emmet’s Rising’ (1803), was arrested by Major Sirr (the capturer
of Lord Edward Fitzgerald), tried September 19, and hanged next day
(1803). He was engaged to be married to Sarah Curran, daughter of the
great lawyer, and it was to this lady Moore addressed his famous poem.
The lady subsequently (November 24, 1805) married Major Sturgeon of the
Royal Staff Corps.
CLXX
_Minor Poems of Charlotte Elizabeth_ (1848). Published in the author’s
lifetime over the signature ‘Charlotte Elizabeth.’
CLXXI-CLXXII
Mangan’s poems appeared in Dublin magazines and journals--_The Dublin
University Magazine_, _The Nation_, and _The Dublin Penny Journal_.
There is no complete edition of his works.
As to the second, ‘Dark Rosaleen,’ is, of course, a mystical name for
Ireland.
CLXXIII-CLXXIV
_Songs, Poems, and Verses_ (John Murray, 1884). By permission of the
Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. The second is dated 1845.
CLXXV-CLXXVI
_Dublin University Magazine_ (1834). As to the first, Fiagh MacHugh
O’Byrne, one of the most powerful Irish chieftains in the sixteenth
century, was killed in a skirmish with the forces of the Lord Deputy
(1597). _Gall_ (l. 17)=‘foreigners.’
The second is the first two stanzas of a very close translation, in the
original metre, of an Irish song of unknown authorship, dating from
the seventeenth century. The refrain has never been satisfactorily
translated.
CLXXVII-CLXXVIII
_The Poems of Thomas Davis, now first collected_ (Dublin: James Duffy,
1846). These poems made their first appearance in _The Nation_.
The second is a ‘Lament for the Death of Eoghan Ruadh O’Neill,’
commonly called Owen Roe O’Neill (1590?-1649), patriot and general, who
led the Irish against the Scotch and Parliamentary forces in Ireland
(1642-1649).
The Author’s Note is as follows:--‘_Time._--November 10, 1649.
_Scene._--Ormond’s camp, county Waterford. _Speakers._--A veteran of
Eoghan O’Neill’s clan, and one of the horsemen, just arrived with an
account of his death.’
l. 2. _Poison._ There is no truth in the assertion that O’Neill
was poisoned. He died a natural death.
7. SACSANACH. Saxon, English.
8. _Cloc Uachtar._ Clough Oughter, in county Cavan, where the
O’Reillys had a stronghold.
19. _Beinn Burb._ Benburb, on the Blackwater, where O’Neill
defeated the Scotch army under Monro (June 5, 1646).
CLXXIX
_Innisfail and Other Poems_ (Macmillan & Co., 1877), and _Poetical
Works_, six vols. (Macmillan & Co., 1884). By permission of author and
publishers.
‘The Little Black Rose’ (l. 1) and ‘The Silk of the Kine’ (l. 5) were
mystical names applied to Ireland by the bards. Athenry (l. 12), in
county Galway, was the scene of a battle in which the Irish under Felim
O’Conor were defeated by the English forces under Sir William de Burgh
(1316).
CLXXX-CLXXXI
The first appeared in _The Nation_, 1st April 1843, and both are
included in _Sonnets and Other Poems_ (A. & C. Black, 1900). By
permission of author and publishers.
CLXXXII-CLXXXIII
_Bards of the Gael and Gall_ (T. Fisher Unwin, 1897). By permission of
author and publisher. Both are translations from Irish poems of the
seventeenth century.
As to the first,--O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and O’Donnell, Earl of
Tyrconnell, hearing that the Government had determined to seize them on
a charge of conspiracy, apparently groundless, suddenly left Ireland,
sailing from Rathmullan, on Lough Foyle, to France (1607). Their
estates were confiscated, and ‘The Plantation of Ulster’ began.
CLXXXIV
From _Dublin Verses_ (Elkin Mathews, 1895)--a collection of poems
by members of Trinity College, Dublin. By permission of author and
publisher.
CLXXXV
_Macmillan’s Magazine_ (September, 1900). By permission of the author
and the editor of _Macmillan’s Magazine_.
CLXXXVI
_The Rising of the Moon and Other Poems_ (1869). By permission of
Messrs. Cameron & Ferguson, the present publishers.
l. 2. _ma bouchal._ My boy.
11. _banshee._ The fairy spirit of doom (Irish, _ban-sidhe_).
CLXXXVII
_Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland_ (Dublin: Gill & Son, 1888).
By permission of the author. Clonmacnois, founded by St. Kieran in
the sixth century, was for many generations one of the greatest
ecclesiastical establishments and centres of learning in Ireland. It
was the chosen burial-place of many royal and noble families.
CLXXXVIII
_The Wind in the Trees_ (Grant Richards, 1898). By permission of the
author.
CLXXXIX
_Poems_ (Elkin Mathews, 1895). By permission of author and publisher.
l. 2. _Inisfail_ (_i.e._ ‘The Isle of Destiny’), an ancient name of
Ireland.
V.--CANADA
CXC
_Poems_ (Toronto: Dudley & Burns, 1888). By permission of the author.
The Nile Expeditionary Force for the relief of General Gordon was
conveyed up the river in flat-bottomed boats navigated by Canadian
Indians (_voyageurs_).
CXCI
_Lays of Canada_ (Montreal: John Lovell & Son, 1890). By permission of
the author.
CXCII
_Laura Second and Other Poems_ (Toronto, 1887). By permission of the
author’s representatives.
CXCII
_A Treasury of Canadian Verse_ (J. M. Dent & Co., 1900). By permission
of the author’s representatives.
CXCIV
_Toronto Daily Mail_ (July 23, 1885). By permission of the author. The
call for volunteers was occasioned by the ‘Half-Breed Rebellion’ in
North-West Canada (1884-5).
CXCV
Published separately (McCorquodale & Co., 1900), and sold for the
benefit of the Canadian Patriotic Fund. By permission of the author.
CXCVI
_In Divers Tones_ (Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1887). By permission
of the author.
CXCVII-CXCVIII
_Beyond the Hills of Dream_ (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899). By
permission of author and publishers. The first had previously appeared
in _The Westminster Gazette_ (August, 1897), and the second in _The
Toronto Globe_ (Christmas Number, 1899).
CXCIX-CC
The first is from _Poems Old and New_ (Toronto: William Briggs, 1900),
and the second from _The Soul’s Quest and Other Poems_ (London: Kegan
Paul & Co., 1888). By permission of the author.
CCI
_Canadian Monthly_ (August, 1897). By permission of the author.
CCII
_Watchers of Twilight_ (Montreal: T. H. Warren, 1894). By permission of
the author. Line 2 is a quotation from William Watson’s _Last Words to
the Colonies_.
CCIII
_In Various Moods_ (Toronto: William Briggs, 1894). By permission of
the author.
VI.--INDIA
CCIV
_Miscellaneous Verses_ (Calcutta: Sanders, Cones & Co., 1848).
_Gunga_ (l. 49)=the Ganges.
CCV
_Cornhill Magazine_ (September, 1868), and _Verses Written in India_
(Kegan Paul & Co., 1889). By permission of author and publishers.
The massacre which suggested this poem took place near Mohundi, in Oudh
(June, 1857). The lives of all the English prisoners would have been
spared had they consented to profess Mahometanism by repeating the
usual short formula.
CCVI-CCVIII
_Indian Lyrics_ (Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1884). By permission
of the author.
The Author’s Note on the second is as follows:--‘Over the well rises a
pedestal supporting a statue in white marble--the Angel of Pity. Below
is the inscription: _Sacred to the perpetual memory of a great company
of Christian people, chiefly women and children, who near this spot
were cruelly massacred by the followers of the rebel Nana Dhoondoo
Punth of Bithoor; and cast, the dying with the dead, into the well
below, on the 15th day of July 1857._’
As to the third,--
l. 7. _peepuls._ The peepul (or pepul) tree.
8. _poinsianas._ The _poinciana regia_, a flowering shrub
introduced from Madagascar.
CCIX-CCXI
All three appeared first in _The Times of India_, and are included in
_Soldierin’_ (Bombay: Indian Textile Journal Co., 1899). By permission
of author and publishers.
As to the second,--l. 28. _sangared._ Sangars are temporary stone
shelters for riflemen.
As to the third,--During the operations in Tirah (1897) the pass of
Saransar (or Saran Sur) was the retreat of the hillmen known as the
Lakka Khels. On November 9, a reconnaissance in force was made up the
pass. The firing from the heights was deadly and continuous, and, in
the evening, when our troops were retreating down the pass, a small
party of the 48th (Northamptonshire Regiment) under Second Lieutenant
Macintyre and Colour-Sergeant Luck, were cut off and surrounded by the
enemy. It was found impossible to save them, and the following morning
their dead bodies were found together.
l. 9. _Talavera._ The 48th are known as ‘The Talavera Boys,’ having
distinguished themselves at the battle of Talavera, in the Peninsular
War (July 27 and 28, 1809).
CCXII
_Departmental Ditties_ (Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1886. London:
George Newnes, Ltd., 1899). By permission of the author and Messrs.
George Newnes, Limited. ‘The Galley-Slave’ is understood to be a
mystical name for the Indian Civil Servant.
VII.--SOUTH AFRICA
CCXIII
_Ephemerides_ (London: 1828).
CCXIV
By permission of the author and the editor of _Literature_, in which
publication (December 9, 1899) the poem first appeared.
CCXV
Published in G. W. Steevens’ posthumous volume, _Things Seen: with
Memoir by W. E. Henley_ (Blackwood, 1900). By permission of the author.
The quatrain is inscribed ‘G. W. S., December 10, 1869--January 15,
1900.’ The lines were written of G. W. Steevens, journalist and war
correspondent, who died at Ladysmith during the siege.
CCXVI
_England Revisited_ (Cape Town: J. C. Juta & Co., 1900). By permission
of the author.
CCXVII
_Cape Argus_ (May 6, 1901). By permission of the author and the editor
of the _Cape Argus_.
CCXVIII
_Natal: The Land and its Story_ (Pietermaritzburg: Davis & Sons, Fifth
Edition, 1897). By permission of the author.
l. 1. _Congella._ Hostilities having begun in Natal (1842), Captain
Smith led the English forces out of Durban for a night attack on
Pretorius’ position at Congella. It was a moonlight night, and the
advance was observed. Our men were shot down as they marched along the
shore without cover. The survivors retreated to Durban, and the Boers
immediately invested the town. A despatch-rider having made his way
through the Boer lines, reinforcements were sent by sea, and the siege
was raised (June 25, 1842). Natal was annexed the following year, and
the Boer was thus headed off from the sea.
VIII.--AUSTRALIA
CCXIX
From _Dampier’s Dream: an Australian Foreshadowing_ (Melbourne: George
Robertson & Co., 1892). By permission of the author’s representatives.
William Dampier (1652-1715), pirate, circumnavigator, and captain in
the navy, made several voyages to the South Seas.
CCXX
_Poems_ (Melbourne: A. H. Massina & Co., 1884). By permission of the
publishers.
CCXXI
From _Australia Federata_ (_The Times_, January 1, 1901). This poem
appeared the same day in the leading journals of all the States of the
Commonwealth of Australia. By permission of Sir Horace Tozer, K.C.M.G.,
Agent-General for Queensland.
CCXXII
First published in a Tasmanian newspaper. By permission of the author.
CCXXIII
_In the Days when the World was Wide_ (Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
London: The Australian Book Co., 1895). By permission of Messrs. Angus
& Robertson.
_Jackeroo_ (l. 24).
CCXXIV
_Literature_ (November 11, 1899). By permission of the author and the
editor of _Literature_.
CCXXV
_Maoriland and other Verses_ (Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Co.,
1899). By permission of the publishers.
l. 2. _tussock._ ‘Tussock’ is a coarse grass.
CCXXVI
_Fair Girls and Grey Horses_ (Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Co.,
1899). By permission of the publishers. This poem first appeared in the
Sydney _Bulletin_.
l. 9. _Macquarie._ The river Macquarie rises in the Blue Mountains,
eighty miles west of Sydney. After following a north-westerly course of
280 miles its waters are lost in the Macquarie marshes.
CCXXVII
First appeared in _The Brisbane Courier_ (August 8, 1899).
CCXXVIII-CCXXIX
The first appeared in _Songs of the South_ (Ward, Lock & Co.,
1891), and the second is an extract from _The Commonwealth: an Ode_
(_Melbourne Age_, January 1901). By permission of the author.
As to the first,--Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), discoverer and captain
in the navy, was one of the first surveyors of the east coast of
Australia. He spent many years in exploring the country adjacent to the
coast.
IX.--NEW ZEALAND
CCXXX
_Musings in Maoriland_ (Sydney: Arthur T. Keirle & Co., 1890). By
permission of the publishers.
CCXXXI
First published in the Dunedin _Saturday Advertiser_ (June 22, 1878),
and included in _Far South Fancies_ (Griffith, Farran & Co., 1889). By
permission of the author.
l. 15. _Parakeets’._ The parakeet resembles a parrot in appearance, and
is one of the native birds of New Zealand.
16. _Tui’s._ The tui is a mocking-bird, and has two tufts of white
feathers on its neck, the rest of its plumage being jet black. It is
commonly called the ‘Parson Bird,’ from its supposed resemblance to a
clergyman in a white tie.
CCXXXII-CCXXXIII
The first is from _Songs of the Singing Shepherd_ (Wanganui, New
Zealand: A. D. Willis, 1885), and the second from _The Pilgrim of
Eternity_ (Wanganui: Wanganui Herald Co., 1892). By permission of the
author.
As to the second,--_Cooee_ (l. 1). The signal-call of the aborigines of
New Zealand (‘cooee’ or ‘cooey’) can be heard at a great distance.
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
PAGE
Across the streaming flood, the deep ravine 286
After dead centuries 168
Agincourt, Agincourt 3
Ah, now we know the long delay 297
Amid the loud ebriety of War 96
An effigy of brass 133
A perfect peaceful stillness reigns 316
A plenteous place is Ireland for hospitable cheer 225
Are you not weary in your distant places 196
Arvon’s heights hide the bright sun from our gazing 171
A terrible and splendid trust 239
Attend, all ye who list to hear our noble England’s praise 74
Attend you, and give ear awhile 21
Away with bayonet and with lance 63
A wee bird cam’ to our ha’ door 205
A wonderful joy our eyes to bless 122
Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying 196
Bonnie Charlie’s noo awa’ 198
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead 183
Britain fought her sons of yore 85
By crag and lonely moor she stands 254
By the Boer lines at Congella 288
By this, though deep the evening fell 183
Cam’ ye by Athol, lad wi’ the philabeg 199
Come, all ye jolly sailors bold 44
Come, cheer up, my lads, ’tis to glory we steer 35
Come, if you dare, our trumpets sound 31
Come, my hearties--work will stand 302
_Cooee!_ I send my voice 318
Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear 17
Cromwell, our chief of men, who through a cloud 24
Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say 55
Dear Cymru, ’mid thy mountains soaring high 173
Dear Harp of my country! in darkness I found thee 216
Despond who will--_I_ heard a voice exclaim 51
Did they dare, did they dare to slay Owen Roe O’Neill 227
Does haughty Gaul invasion threat 181
Drake he’s in his hammock an’ a thousand mile away 149
Drake’s luck to all that sail with Drake 150
Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake 147
England, awake! awake! awake 45
England, England, England 252
England, queen of the waves, whose green inviolate girdle
enrings thee round 125
Erin, the tear and the smile in thine eyes 215
Fair stood the wind for France 5
Fareweel to Lochaber, fareweel to my Jean 177
Far up among the forest-belted mountains 285
Fierce on this bastion beats the noon-day sun 258
First pledge our Queen this solemn night 84
Forests that beard the avalanche 121
Frae the friends and land I love 202
Free as the wind that leaps from out the North 139
From domes and palaces I bent my way 272
Glyndwr, see thy comet flaming 167
God be with the Irish host 224
God of Nations! at Thy feet 315
God of our fathers, known of old 154
God save our Lord, the King 34
Green fields of England! wheresoe’er 93
Green Flodden! on thy bloodstained head 190
Growing to full manhood now 258
Half a league, half a league 87
Harp of the mountain-land! sound forth again 166
Have done with care, my hearts! aboard amain 4
Heard ye the thunder of battle 104
He left his island home 308
Her court was pure; her life serene 83
Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling 39
Here, on our native soil, we breathe once more 46
Here’s a health to the King and a lasting peace 34
Here’s a health unto His Majesty 31
How great the loss is thy loss to me 233
‘How many?’ said our good captain 108
How sleep the brave who sink to rest 36
I know ’tis but a loom of land 117
I may sit in my wee croo house 200
I’m lonesome since I cross’d the hill 43
I’m sitting on the stile, Mary 222
In all my wanderings round this world of care 211
In a quiet-water’d land, a land of roses 236
In the greyness of the dawning we have seen the pilot-star 307
In the Highlands, in the country places 195
In the ranks of the Austrian you found him 80
I remember the lowering wintry morn 295
I send to you 317
It is not to be thought of that the flood 47
It’s hame, an’ it’s hame, hame fain wad I be 193
It was a’ for our rightfu’ king 203
It wasna from a golden throne 207
I’ve heard the lark’s cry thrill the sky o’er the meadows of
Lusk 234
I’ve heard the liltin’ at our ewe-milkin’ 177
Jack dances and sings, and is always content 40
King Philip had vaunted his claims 132
Last night, among his fellow roughs 90
Lest it be said 260
Let rogues and cheats prognosticate 30
Listen! my brothers of Eton and Harrow 157
Lo, how they come to me 155
Lo, our land this night is lone 231
Lo, ’tis the light of the morn 309
Lying here awake, I hear the watchman’s warning 100
March, march, Ettrick and Teviotdale 186
Men of England! who inherit 62
Men of the Hills and men of the Plains, men of the Isles and
Sea 276
Methinks already from this chymic flame 32
My England, island England, such leagues and leagues away 141
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here 180
My name, d’ye see, ’s Tom Tough, I’ve seed a little sarvice 41
New Year, be good to England. Bid her name 129
Nobly, nobly Cape St. Vincent to the North-West died away 92
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note 69
Not ’mid the thunder of the battle guns 299
Not tasselled palm or bended cypress wooing 233