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, 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