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Poetry Index Progs 1-3
Texts of Featured Poems
Weaving Words
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To Mr Allan Ramsay
AeTo Windy Day last Owk, I’ll ne’er forget,
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To a Hedgehog
While youthful poets, thro’ the grove,
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Donegore Hill
The dew-draps wat the fiels o' braird,
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To a Clergyman
Dear reverend sir, you're very fine,
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Verses on the Siege of Derry
Hail Londonderry! ever smile;
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The Colonel's Retreat
It was on Pike Sunday, near to Moneyrea,
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Paddy's Trip to North Britain
Escap't frae Baxter's in Crossgear,
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The Bard's Farewell
Farewell! My dear, my much-lov’d native land!
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Epigram to a Rank Aristocrat
Dear Sir, when your spirit is summon’d away,
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The Beggar Wife
See how yon weak, old woman drags
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The Roughfort Fair
The day, at length, to evening’s edge is come,
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Epistle to Luke Mullan
While yellow Autumn hies apace,
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The Year in Twelve Fits
See how yon lofty trees are torn,
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Address to the Rising Sun
Hail holy light! offspring of Heaven –