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Last Poetic Gems

This final round-up of McGonagall's poetic output was published in 1968.

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
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
The Battle of Alma
Beautiful Rothesay
The Battle of Inkermann
Little Pierre's Song
The Capture of Lucknow
The Burns Statue
The Hero of Kalapore
Jack Honest or the Widow and her Son
The Downfall of Delhi
The River of Leith
The Ashantee War
The Beautiful City of Perth
General Roberts in Afghanistan
Farewell Address at the Argyle Hall
The Last Berkshire Eleven
The Sunderland Calamity
The Inauguration of the University College
The Great Franchise Demonstration
The Wreck of the Barque "Lynton"
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 ... 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
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 Robert's 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