Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790. 92p. (ESTC T104666)

    • POEMS: BY MISS CARMICHAEL.

    Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! BEATTIE.

    EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, AND SOLD BY PETER HILL. 1790.

    • TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAVID STEUART-MONCRIEFFE

    ONE OF THE BARONS OF HIS MAJESTY's COURT OF EXCHEQUER IN SCOTLAND, THE FOLLOWING POEMS ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM, BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT AND VERY HUMBLE SERVANT,

    R. CARMICHAEL.

    EDINBURGH. FEBRUARY 4, 1790.

    • Contents

    • On the Fate of Captain G***** 1
    • The Twa dows 4
    • A Song 7
    • On the sudden death of a Young Gentleman 10
    • The Tooth 13
    • Romantic scene which happened in the year 1746 14
    • The Villain's Soliloquy 25
    • On receiving a Pot of Thyme 26
    • An Epitaph 27
    • Words of Course 28
    • On the St Bernard's Canary Birds 29
    • On the Birth-day of a young Gentleman in the East Indies 31
    • The Star of Eden Vale 33
    • A Tale 35
    • A Song 40
    • Written in the Hermitage at Braid 42
    • On Mr ****** 46
    • On a late disturbance in the Theatre 47
    • On the Stump of an Old Tree 48
    • A Night Scene 50
    • A Young Lass's Soliloquy 52
    • On a real instance of disinterested Friendship 54
    • On a Young Lady 57
    • An Elegy 59
    • A Request 61
    • A Song 62
    • To Captain **** 63
    • The Love-lorn Maid 65
    • On a Young Lady 67
    • A Song 69
    • On Mr ****** Actor 71
    • The ill-fated Lover 72
    • Written in the Hermitage of Braid 77
    • The Struggle 79
    • A Song 81
    • Epigram ibid
    • On a Young Gentleman's return from Jamaica 82
    • [Page vi]The Empty Purse 83
    • A Hymn 84
    • An Address to Night 85
    • On a Young Lady, who asked a Necklace of a Gentleman's Hair, and was refused 86
    • Epigram 87
    • Epitaph 88
    • To Mr ***** 89
    • On the Author's Birth-day 91

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  • ON THE FATE OF CAPTAIN G*****
  • THE TWA DOWS
  • A SONG
  • ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN
  • THE TOOTH
  • A ROMANTIC SCENE Which happened in the year 1746.
  • THE VILLAIN's SOLILOQUY
  • ON RECEIVING A POT OF THYME
  • AN EPITAPH
  • WORDS OF COURSE
  • ON THE ST BERNARD'S CANARY BIRDS
  • ON THE BIRTH-DAY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE EAST INDIES
  • THE STAR OF EDEN VALE
  • A TALE
  • A SONG
  • WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE AT BRAID
  • ON MR ******
  • ON A LATE DISTURBANCE IN THE THEATRE
  • ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE
  • A NIGHT SCENE
  • A YOUNG LASS's SOLILOQUY
  • ON A REAL INSTANCE OF DISINTERESTED FRIENDSHIP
  • ON A YOUNG LADY
  • AN ELEGY
  • A REQUEST
  • A SONG
  • TO CAPTAIN ****
  • THE LOVE-LORN MAID
  • ON A LADY
  • A SONG
  • ON MR ****** ACTOR
  • THE ILL-FATED LOVER
  • WRITTEN IN THE HERMITAGE OF BRAID
  • THE STRUGGLE
  • A SONG
  • EPIGRAM
  • ON A YOUNG GENTLEMAN's RETURN FROM JAMAICA
  • THE EMPTY PURSE
  • A HYMN
  • AN ADDRESS TO NIGHT
  • ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED
  • EPIGRAM
  • EPITAPH
  • TO MR *****
  • ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTH-DAY
    • THE END.