Yet Further Poetic Gems

Published as part of Duckworth’s 1980 edition of McGonagall’s works, this book is mostly made up of poems previously published in Last Poetic Gems:

• 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
• Beautiful Balmerino
• 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
• Lines in Reply to the Beautiful Poet who Welcomed News of McGonagall’s Departure from Dundee
• 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