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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: SCOTLAND - RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND Matches Found: 38 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DIALOGUE, OCCASIONED BY MARCH OF HIGHLANDERS INTO LANCASHIRE, 1745, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were you not sadly frighten'd, honest harry Last Line: Harry. Yoi, sur, as lung as ere I con, I will. Subject(s): Blood; Fights; Lancashire, England; Scotland - Relations With England ADDRESS TO BEELZEBUB, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Long life, my lord, an' health be yours Last Line: An' till ye come -- your humble servant, Subject(s): Freedom; Scotland - Relations With England; Liberty ANSWER TO 'UPON SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S HUNDRED HORSE', by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I tell thee, fellow, whoe'er thou be Last Line: To venture for a crown. Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England BOTHWELL BRIDGE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "o billie, billie, bonny billie" Last Line: The bloody battle of bothwell bridge Subject(s): "bothwell, Scotland;scotland - Relations With England;war; CHARLES EDWARD AT VERSAILLES ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF CULLODEN, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take away that star and garter Last Line: That have died in vain for me! Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788); Courts & Courtiers; Culloden, Battle Of (1746); Death; Love; Scotland - Relations With England; Versailles, Frances; Bonnie Prince Charlie; Young Pretender; Young Chevalier; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Dea CHARLIE IS MY DARLING, by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Twas on a monday morning Last Line: The young chevalier. Alternate Author Name(s): Lady Nairne; Oliphant, Carolina; Nairne, Baroness Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England; Soldiers EDINBURGH AFTER FLODDEN, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: News of battle! News of battle! Last Line: Be our universal grave!' Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Edinburgh, Scotland; Flodden, Battle Of (1513); Scotland - Relations With England; War EPISTLE TO ROBERT GRAHAM OF FINTRY (1), by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fintry, my stay in wordy strife Last Line: To grind them in the mire! Subject(s): Elections; Scotland - Relations With England; Voting; Voters; Suffrage LEWIE GORDON, by ALEXANDER GEDDES Poem Text First Line: O send lewie gordon hame Last Line: Ohone! My highlandman. Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England; Soldiers NORTHUMBERLAND BETRAYED BY DOUGLAS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "now list and lithe, you gentlemen" Last Line: There douglas landed lord percye Subject(s): "douglas, Sir James De Douglas, Lord Of;percy Family, Northumberland, England;scotland - Relations With England;" "douglas The Good;black Douglas, The; ON THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O tell me, harper, wherefore flow Last Line: "revenge for blood and treachery!""'" Subject(s): Glencoe, Massacre Of (1690-1692); Scotland - Relations With England POETICAL ADDRESS TO MR. WILLIAM TYTLER, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Revered defender of beauteous stuart Last Line: Your course to the latest is bright. Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Scotland - Relations With England ROKEBY: CANTO 1, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The moon is in her summer glow Last Line: "I hear his hasty step -- farewell!" Subject(s): Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); Marston Moor, England; Scotland - Relations With England ROKEBY: CANTO 2, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far in the chambers of the west Last Line: "may lightly row his bark to shore." Subject(s): Marston Moor, England; Scotland - Relations With England ROKEBY: CANTO 3, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hunting tribes of air and earth Last Line: Bade four, the bravest, take the brand. Variant Title(s): Man And The Enemy Subject(s): Marston Moor, England; Scotland - Relations With England STRATHALLAN'S LAMENT, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thickest night, o'erhang my dwelling? Last Line: But a world without a friend. Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England SUCH A PARCEL OF ROGUES IN A NATION, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell to a' our scottish fame Last Line: Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England; Treason & Traitors THE AUTHOR'S EARNEST CRY AND PRAYER, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye irish lords, ye knights an' squires Last Line: Take aff your dram! Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Scotland - Relations With England; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse THE BURIAL-MARCH OF THE DUNDEE, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sound the fife, and cry the slogan Last Line: Chieftain than our own dundee! Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Death; Graham Of Calverhouse, John (1648-1689); Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England; War; Dead, The THE DEATH OF WALLACE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Joy, joy in london now! Last Line: Go, edward, to thy god! Subject(s): Great Britain - History; Happiness; London; Scotland - Relations With England; Wallace, Sir William (1270-1305); English History; Joy; Delight THE ISLAND OF THE SCOTS, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rhine is running deep and red Last Line: The passage of the scot. Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Army - Scotland; Islands; Rhine (river), Europe; Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO FIRST, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The feast was over in branksome tower Last Line: After meet rest, again began. Subject(s): Branksome Castle, Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO FOURTH, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet teviot! On thy silver tide Last Line: And thus his tale continued ran. Subject(s): Graham Of Calverhouse, John (1648-1689); Killiecrankie, Battle Of (1689); Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO SECOND, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If thou would'st view fair melrose aright Last Line: Ere thus his tale again began. Subject(s): Melrose Monastery, Scotland; Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO SIXTH, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Breathes there the man, with soul so dead Last Line: Bore burden to the minstrel's song. Subject(s): Howard, Henry, Earl Of Surrey (1517-47); Patriotism; Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: CANTO THIRD, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And said I that my limbs were old Last Line: Arose a father's notes of woe. Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: INTRODUCTION, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The way was long, the wind was cold Last Line: Twas thus the latest minstrel sung. Variant Title(s): The Minstrel Subject(s): Love; Religion; Scotland - Relations With England; Soldiers; Theology THE LOYAL SCOT, by ANDREW MARVELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of the old heroes when the warlike shades Last Line: Metempsychosed to some scotch presbyter. Subject(s): Cleveland, John (1613-1658); Douglas, Captain Archibald; Scotland - Relations With England THE REBEL SCOT, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How, providence? And yet a scottish crew? Last Line: Drops into styx and turns a solan goose. Subject(s): Hate; Scotland - Relations With England THE RISING IN THE NORTH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "listen, lively lordings all" Last Line: And the five wounds our lord did bear Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England THE SCOTS' APOSTASY, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is it come to this? What? Shall the cheeks of fame Last Line: (what's easier far) renounce his nation too. Subject(s): Campbell, John (1598-1633); Scotland - Relations With England THE WHITE ROSE O' JUNE, by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now the bricht sun, and the soft simmer showers Last Line: And may he that should wear it wear scotland's auld croun! Alternate Author Name(s): Lady Nairne; Oliphant, Carolina; Nairne, Baroness Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Scotland - Relations With England TO THE ENGLISHMAN, FR. THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Woe! Woe! Son of the lowlander Last Line: Wasting the glen that was once in fair order? Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England UPON SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S HUNDRED HORSE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I tell thee, jack, thou'st given the king" Last Line: By carding and dice Subject(s): "animals;gifts & Giving;horses;scotland - Relations With England;suckling, John (1609-1642); UPON THE KING'S HAPPY RETURN FROM SCOTLAND, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So breaks the day, when the returning sun Last Line: In thankful sacrifice for your return. Subject(s): Charles Ii, King Of England (1630-1685); Homecoming; Scotland - Relations With England VERSES SAID TO BE WRITTEN ON THE UNION, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The queen has lately lost a part Last Line: Our crazy double-bottomed realm. Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The morn rose bright on scenes renowned Last Line: In him, for thee who lived and died. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Robert I. King Of Scotland (1274-1329); Scotland - Relations With England; Wallace, Sir William (1270-1305); Bruce, Robert; The Bruce WHA'LL BE KING BUT CHARLIE?, by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The news frae moidart cam' yestreen Last Line: For wha'll be king but charlie? Alternate Author Name(s): Lady Nairne; Oliphant, Carolina; Nairne, Baroness Subject(s): Scotland - Relations With England |
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