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"Then there’s Mr Spurgeon, a great preacher, which no one dare gainsay
I went to hear him preach on the Sabbath-day.
And he made my heart feel light and gay
When I heard him preach and pray."
'Descriptive Jottings of London', 1880
I went to hear him preach on the Sabbath-day.
And he made my heart feel light and gay
When I heard him preach and pray."
'Descriptive Jottings of London', 1880
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"Then there’s Mr Spurgeon, a great preacher, which no one dare gainsay
I went to hear him preach on the Sabbath-day.
And he made my heart feel light and gay
When I heard him preach and pray."
'Descriptive Jottings of London', 1880
I went to hear him preach on the Sabbath-day.
And he made my heart feel light and gay
When I heard him preach and pray."
'Descriptive Jottings of London', 1880
"The innocent children were buried seven or eight layers deep,
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
February 5, 2026 at 11:56 AM
"The innocent children were buried seven or eight layers deep,
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
"Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
And your thirteen central girders, which seem to my eye
Strong enough all windy storms to defy."
'An Address to the New Tay Bridge', 1887
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
And your thirteen central girders, which seem to my eye
Strong enough all windy storms to defy."
'An Address to the New Tay Bridge', 1887
February 5, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Beautiful new railway bridge of the Silvery Tay,
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
And your thirteen central girders, which seem to my eye
Strong enough all windy storms to defy."
'An Address to the New Tay Bridge', 1887
With your strong brick piers and buttresses in so grand array,
And your thirteen central girders, which seem to my eye
Strong enough all windy storms to defy."
'An Address to the New Tay Bridge', 1887
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
February 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
February 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 AM
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 AM
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the eagle in the night,
And lettest him see to devour his prey
And carry it to his nest away."
'The Moon', 1878
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
February 5, 2026 at 5:55 AM
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
"Then behind the corpse came the Prince of Wales in field marshal uniform,
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
February 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
"Then behind the corpse came the Prince of Wales in field marshal uniform,
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
"Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
February 5, 2026 at 3:55 AM
"Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
"Then behind the corpse came the Prince of Wales in field marshal uniform,
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM
"Then behind the corpse came the Prince of Wales in field marshal uniform,
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
Looking very pale, dejected, careworn, and forlorn;
Then followed great magnates, all dressed in uniform,
And last, but not least, the noble Marquis of Lorne."
'The Death of Prince Leopold', 1884
"The innocent children were buried seven or eight layers deep,
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The innocent children were buried seven or eight layers deep,
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
The sight was heart-rending and enough to make one weep;
It was a most affecting spectacle and frightful to behold
The corpse of a little boy not above four years old,"
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
"Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
"Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty."
'Women's Suffrage', 1884
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the lovers in the night
As they walk through the shady groves alone,
Making love to each other before they go home."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the lovers in the night
As they walk through the shady groves alone,
Making love to each other before they go home."
'The Moon', 1878
February 4, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"Beautiful Moon, with thy silvery light,
Thou cheerest the lovers in the night
As they walk through the shady groves alone,
Making love to each other before they go home."
'The Moon', 1878
Thou cheerest the lovers in the night
As they walk through the shady groves alone,
Making love to each other before they go home."
'The Moon', 1878
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
February 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"Oh, heaven! it must have been most pitiful to see
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
Fathers with their dead children upon their knee
While the blood ran copiously from their mouths and ears
And their parents shedding o'er them hot burning tears."
'The Sunderland Calamity', 1883
"A PATHETIC tale of the sea I will unfold,
Enough to make one’s blood run cold;
Concerning four fishermen cast adrift in a dory.
As I’ve been told I’ll relate the story."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
Enough to make one’s blood run cold;
Concerning four fishermen cast adrift in a dory.
As I’ve been told I’ll relate the story."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
"A PATHETIC tale of the sea I will unfold,
Enough to make one’s blood run cold;
Concerning four fishermen cast adrift in a dory.
As I’ve been told I’ll relate the story."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
Enough to make one’s blood run cold;
Concerning four fishermen cast adrift in a dory.
As I’ve been told I’ll relate the story."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
"Then the villagers, in surprise assembled about the dory,
And they found that the bottom of the boat was gory;
Then their hearts were seized with sudden dread,
when they discovered that two of the men were dead."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
And they found that the bottom of the boat was gory;
Then their hearts were seized with sudden dread,
when they discovered that two of the men were dead."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
"Then the villagers, in surprise assembled about the dory,
And they found that the bottom of the boat was gory;
Then their hearts were seized with sudden dread,
when they discovered that two of the men were dead."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
And they found that the bottom of the boat was gory;
Then their hearts were seized with sudden dread,
when they discovered that two of the men were dead."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
'Twas about seven o'clock at night,
And the wind it blew with all its might,
And the rain came pouring down,
And the dark clouds seem'd to frown,
And the Demon of the air seem'd to say-
"I'll blow down the Bridge of Tay."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
And the wind it blew with all its might,
And the rain came pouring down,
And the dark clouds seem'd to frown,
And the Demon of the air seem'd to say-
"I'll blow down the Bridge of Tay."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
'Twas about seven o'clock at night,
And the wind it blew with all its might,
And the rain came pouring down,
And the dark clouds seem'd to frown,
And the Demon of the air seem'd to say-
"I'll blow down the Bridge of Tay."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
And the wind it blew with all its might,
And the rain came pouring down,
And the dark clouds seem'd to frown,
And the Demon of the air seem'd to say-
"I'll blow down the Bridge of Tay."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
"...that your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
February 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"...that your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
"He is very skilful and void of pride;
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die."
'A Tribute to Dr. Murison', 1885
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die."
'A Tribute to Dr. Murison', 1885
February 4, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"He is very skilful and void of pride;
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die."
'A Tribute to Dr. Murison', 1885
He was so to me when at my bedside,
When I turned badly on the 25th of July,
And was ill with inflammation, and like to die."
'A Tribute to Dr. Murison', 1885
"With their bagpipes playing, and one ringing cheer,
And the 42nd soon did the trenches clear;
Then hand to hand they did engage,
And fought like tigers in a cage."
'The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir', 1882
And the 42nd soon did the trenches clear;
Then hand to hand they did engage,
And fought like tigers in a cage."
'The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir', 1882
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
"With their bagpipes playing, and one ringing cheer,
And the 42nd soon did the trenches clear;
Then hand to hand they did engage,
And fought like tigers in a cage."
'The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir', 1882
And the 42nd soon did the trenches clear;
Then hand to hand they did engage,
And fought like tigers in a cage."
'The Battle of Tel-el-Kebir', 1882
"And the two survivors were exhausted from exposure, hunger, and cold,
Which used the spectators to shudder when them they did behold;
And with hunger the poor men couldn’t stand on their feet,
They felt so weakly on their legs for want of meat."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
Which used the spectators to shudder when them they did behold;
And with hunger the poor men couldn’t stand on their feet,
They felt so weakly on their legs for want of meat."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"And the two survivors were exhausted from exposure, hunger, and cold,
Which used the spectators to shudder when them they did behold;
And with hunger the poor men couldn’t stand on their feet,
They felt so weakly on their legs for want of meat."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
Which used the spectators to shudder when them they did behold;
And with hunger the poor men couldn’t stand on their feet,
They felt so weakly on their legs for want of meat."
'A Tale of the Sea', 1886
"Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"Alas! Beautiful Summer now hath fled,
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
And the face of Nature doth seem dead,
And the leaves are withered, and falling off the trees,
By the nipping and chilling autumnal breeze."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
"Because there are no leaves on the trees to shield them from the storm
On a windy, and rainy, cloudy morn;
Which makes their little hearts throb with pain,
By the chilling blast and the pitiless rain."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
On a windy, and rainy, cloudy morn;
Which makes their little hearts throb with pain,
By the chilling blast and the pitiless rain."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"Because there are no leaves on the trees to shield them from the storm
On a windy, and rainy, cloudy morn;
Which makes their little hearts throb with pain,
By the chilling blast and the pitiless rain."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
On a windy, and rainy, cloudy morn;
Which makes their little hearts throb with pain,
By the chilling blast and the pitiless rain."
'An Autumn Reverie', 1886
"Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember'd for a very long time."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember'd for a very long time."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ry Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember'd for a very long time."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879,
Which will be remember'd for a very long time."
'The Tay Bridge Disaster', 1880