More Poetic Gems

There was increased interest in McGonagall in the 50’s and 60’s, with the likes of John Laurie and Spike Milligan doing much to raise his profile. As a result, this collection was published in 1962.

• The Destroying Angel, or The Poet’s Dream
• Lines in Defence of the Stage
• Calamity in London
• The Black Watch Memorial
• Lost on the Prairie
• The Irish Convict’s Return
• Little Jamie
• An Address to the Rev. George Gilfillan
• An Address to Shakespeare
• The Fair Maid of Perth’s House
• The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
• An Ode to the Queen
• The Death of the Queen
• A Humble Heroine
• Nora, The Maid of Killarney
• Little Popeet: The Lost Child
• The Little Match Girl
• A Tale of Elsinore
• The Bonnie Sidlaw Hills
• Bonnie Callander
• Bonnie Kilmany
• Bonnie Montrose
• Beautiful Comrie
• Beautiful North Berwick
• Beautiful Crieff
• Beautiful Balmoral
• The Beautiful Village of Penicuik
• Beautiful Nairn
• Beautiful Torquay
• The Ancient Town of Leith
• The City of Perth
• Bonnie Dundee in 1878
• Loch Ness
• A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay
• The Den o’ Fowlis
• The Inauguration of the Hill o’ Balgay
• The Bonnie Lass o’ Dundee
• The Bonnie Lass of Ruily
• Mary, the Maid of the Tay
• The Heatherblend Club Banquet
• A Summary History of Sir William Wallace
• Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins
• The Relief of Mafeking
• The Battle of Glencoe
• The Capture of Havana
• The Battle of Waterloo
• The Albion Battleship Calamity
• An All Night Sea Fight
• The Wreck of the Steamer “Stella”
• The Wreck of the Steamer “Storm Queen”
• The Wreck of the “Abercrombie Robinson”
• The Loss of the Victoria
• The Burning of the Ship “Kent”
• The Wreck of the “Indian Chief”
• Captain Teach alias “Black Beard”
• The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough
• The Burial of Mr Gladstone
• The Death of the Rev. Dr. Wilson
• The Death of Captain Ward
• McGonagall’s Ode to the King
• A Soldier’s Reprieve
• Richard Pigott, the Forger
• The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney