Collected Poems

For those looking to enjoy McGonagall offline, this is the most comprehensive single-volume collection of his works. Published in 2006, it contains the whole of Poetic Gems, More Poetic Gems and Last Poetic Gems (see the poem list below) as well as his only play and an introduction by the owner of this website.

The publication of the play aroused the interest of the British media, leading to the following coverage:

• The Sunday Times
• The Scotsman
• The Times
• BBC News

The book remains available in all good bookshops, most bad ones, and some branches of W. H. Smiths.

• An Ode to the Queen on her Jubilee Year
• The Death of Prince Leopold
• The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie
• The Funeral of the German Emperor
• The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
• The Famous Tay Whale
• The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
• The Newport Railway
• The Tay Bridge Disaster
• An Address to the New Tay Bridge
• The Late Sir John Ogilvy
• The Rattling Boy from Dublin
• The Burial of the Reverend George Gilfillan
• The Battle of El-Teb
• The Battle of Abu Klea
• A Christmas Carol
• The Christmas Goose
• An Autumn Reverie
• The Wreck Of The Steamer “London”, While on her way to Australia
• The Wreck of the “Thomas Dryden”
• Attempted Assassination of the Queen
• Saving a Train [Version 1]
• The Moon
• The Beautiful Sun
• Grace Darling or The Wreck of the “Forfarshire”
• To Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee
• The Battle of Bannockburn
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Oban
• The Battle of Flodden Field
• Greenland’s Icy Mountains
• A Tribute to Henry M Stanley
• Jottings of New York
• Beautiful Monikie
• A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army
• Loch Katrine
• Forget-Me-Not
• The Royal Review
• The Nithsdale Widow and her Son
• Jack o’ the Cudgel, Part I
• Jack o’ the Cudgel, Part II
• The Battle of Culloden
• The Battle of Sheriffmuir
• The Execution of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose
• Baldovan Mansion
• Loch Leven
• Montrose
• The Castle of Mains
• Broughty Ferry
• Robert Burns
• Adventures of King Robert the Bruce
• A Tale of the Sea
• Descriptive Jottings of London
• Annie Marshall the Foundling
• Bill Bowls the Sailor [Version 1]
• Young Munro the Sailor
• The Death of the Old Mendicant
• An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland
• The Clepington Catastrophe
• The Rebel Surprise Near Tamai
• Burning of the Exeter Theatre
• John Rouat the Fisherman
• The Sorrows of the Blind
• General Gordon, the Hero of Khartoum
• The Battle of Cressy
• The Wreck of the Barque “Wm. Paterson” of Liverpool
• Hanchen, The Maid of the Mill
• Wreck of the Schooner “Samuel Crawford”
• The First Grenadier of France
• The Tragic Death of the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie
• The Burning of the Steamer “City of Montreal”
• The Wreck of the Whaler “Oscar”
• Jenny Carrister, The Heroine of Lucknow-Mine
• The Horrors of Majuba
• The Miraculous Escape of Robert Allan, the Fireman
• The Battle of Shina, in Africa
• The Collision in the English Channel
• The Pennsylvania Disaster
• The Sprig of Moss
• 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
• A Requisition To The Queen
• The Demon Drink
• Grif, of the Bloody Hand
• A Summary History of Lord Clive
• The Battle of the Nile
• Beautiful Aberfoyle
• The Convict’s Return
• The Battle of Alexandria, or the Reconquest of Egypt
• Saved by Music
• Beautiful Newport on the Braes o’ the Silvery Tay
• The Battle of Corunna
• A Tale of Christmas Eve
• The Battle of Gujrat
• Bill Bowls, the Sailor [Version 2]
• The Battle of the Alma, Fought in 1854
• Beautiful Rothesay
• The Battle of Inkermann
• Little Pierre’s Song
• The Capture of Lucknow
• The Burns Statue (A Fragment)
• The Hero of Kalapore
• Jack Honest, or the Widow and her Son
• The Downfall of Delhi
• The River of Leith
• The Ashantee War, The Fall of Coomassie
• The Beautiful City of Perth
• General Roberts in Afghanistan
• Farewell Address at the Argyle Hall, Tuesday, June 22, 1880
• The Last Berkshire Eleven, The Heroes of Maiwand
• The Sunderland Calamity
• The Inauguration of the University College, Dundee
• The Great Franchise Demonstration
• The Wreck of the Barque “Lynton”, While Bound for Aspinwall, Having on Board 1000 Tons of Coal
• The Great Yellow River Inundation In China
• The Death of Fred Marsden, the American Playwright
• An Excursion Steamer Sunk in the Tay
• The Funeral of the Late Ex-Provost Rough, Dundee
• The Crucifixion of Christ
• Death and Burial of Lord Tennyson
• A New Year’s Resolution to Leave Dundee
• Lines in Reply to the Beautiful Poet who Welcomed News of McGonagall’s Departure from Dundee
• Lines in Memoriam Regarding the Entertainment I Gave on the 31st March, 1893, in Reform Street Hall, Dundee
• Lines in Praise of Mr. J. Graham Henderson, Hawick
• The Terrific Cyclone of 1893
• A Tribute to Dr. Murison
• The Kessack Ferry-Boat Fatality
• Lines in Praise of the Lyric Club Banquet
• Lines in Praise of Professor Blackie
• The Funeral of the Late Prince Henry of Battenberg
• The Burning of the People’s Variety Theatre, Aberdeen
• The Storming of the Dargai Heights
• Saving a Train [Version 2]
• The Battle of Atbara
• Beautiful Balmerino
• The Battle of Omdurman
• The Village of Tayport and its Surroundings
• The Blind Girl
• The Wreck of the Steamer “Mohegan”
• The Hero of Rorke’s Drift
• Beautiful Edinburgh
• Women’s Suffrage
• Lord Roberts’ Triumphal Entry into Pretoria
• A Tribute to Mr J. Graham Henderson, The World’s Fair Judge
• The Wreck of the “Columbine”
• Balmoral Castle
• A New Temperance Poem, in Memory of my Departed Parents, who were Sober Living & God Fearing People