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More Poetic Gems

McGonagall continued to write for twelve years after the publication of Poetic Gems, publishing and selling his work on the streets in broadsheet form. This selection of these later works 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 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
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 o' Ruily
Mary, the Maid o' the Tay
The Heatherblend Club Banquet
The 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 Piggot, The Forger
The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney