POEMS Thomas W
POEMS Thomas W. Ogilvie. M.B., CM. POEMS BY THOMAS WHITE OGILVIE M.B., CM., ABERDEEN Wiih Portrait and Other Illustrations Collected and Edited by DONALD SINCLAIR, J.P., Solicitor Aberdeen '^ Author of History of the Aberdeen Volunteers" Aberdeen William Smith & Sons : The Bon-Accord Press 191 1 TO THE SONS AND SURVIVING BROTHERS OF THE AUTHOR THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR CONTENTS Page MEMOIR, xi ST. FITTICK's : A NIGHTMARE, I ART AND NATURE, 9 AUTUMN IN THE DUTHIE PARK, lO TULLOS HILL, II TRANSFORMATION, 12 ONLY A PAIR OF EYES, . 13 A BACCHANAL, . 14 TIME, 15 A WINTER CHANGE, 16 HELEN : OR ART AND NATURE, 17 THE LAUNCH, 18 THE FETISH OF SAINT CLAIR : A BALLAD, 19 FISHING SONG, . 23 JOHN ROLAND BARRET, ESQ., 25 THE COBBLER, . 27 ANXIOUS, 30 THE SONG OF THE WHEEL, 32 THE WEARIN' O' THE GREEN : A PARODY, 36 MIST AT GIRDLENESS, . 39 OUR CHRISTMAS FAIR, . 40 STORYLANDERS, . 43 THE GOLFER AND THE BRICKLAYER : A BALLAD, 47 THE MOON, 51 LISTENING FOR THE NIGHTINGALE, 52 ELECTION BALLADS : MISS TORRY AND HER WOOERS, 54 THE BATTLE O' TORRY BRIG, 56 THE provost's FAIRY RING, 61 THE BARDS OF BON-ACCORD, 64 ODE TO WILLIAM CADENHEAD, ESQ., 66 vii " FROM "THE BOOK OF SAINT FITTICK Page SAINT FITTICK'S WELL, 67 THE KIRK, . 70 THE WELL, . 70 THE BAY, 70 WRECKS, 71 TULLOS VALE, 71 THE OLD ESTUARY, . 71 TORRY OF OLD, 71 THE RIVER MOUTH, . 72 THE FISHER FOLKS, . 72 ALICE IN WORMLAND, . 73 TODDY : A SONG, 78 MEMORIES OF BOYHOOD, 82 WILSIE's STRATAGEM, .
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