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James Hogg Poems
- A Boy's Song Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the...
- Caledonia Caledonia! thou land of the mountain and rock, Of ...
- Donald Macgillavry Donald's gane up the hill hard and ...
- Kilmeny Bonnie Kilmeny gaed up the glen; But it wasna to ...
- The Skylark Bird of the wilderness, Blithesome and ...
- Elegy On The Death Of A Child Fair was thy blossom, tender ...
- The Father's Lament How can you bid this heart be ...
James Hogg was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography of. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake... more »
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A Boy's Song
Where the pools are bright and deep,
Where the grey trout lies asleep,
Up the river and over the lea,
That's the way for Billy and me.
Where the blackbird sings the latest,
Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest,
Where the nestlings chirp and flee,
That's the way for Billy and me.
Where the mowers mow the cleanest,
Where the hay lies thick and greenest,
There to track the homeward bee,
That's the way for Billy and me.
Where the hazel bank is steepest,
Where the shadow falls the deepest,
Where the clustering nuts fall free, ...
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