Who is James Hogg

James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorised biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Relics (1819), and his two nov...
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James Hogg Poems

  • Blessed Be Thy Name Forever
    Blessed be thy name for ever,
    Thou of life the guard and giver!
    Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping,
    Heal the heart long broke with weeping. ...
  • Aikendrum
    Ken ye how a Whig can fight, Aikendrum, Aikendrum
    Ken ye how a Whig can fight, Aikendrum
    He can fight the hero bright, with his heels and armour tight
    And the wind of heavenly night, Aikendrum, Aikendrum ...
  • Donald Macgillavry
    Donald's gane up the hill hard and hungry
    Donald comes down the hill wild and angry
    Donald will clear the gouk's nest cleverly
    Here's tae the king and Donald Macgillavry ...
  • The Father's Lament
    How can you bid this heart be blithe,
    When blithe this heart can never be?
    I've lost the jewel from my crown -
    Look round our circle, and you'll see ...
  • Caledonia
    Caledonia! thou land of the mountain and rock,
    Of the ocean, the mist, and the wind-
    Thou land of the torrent, the pine, and the oak,
    Of the roebuck, the hart, and the hind; ...
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Love 6 Never 6 I Love You 6 Sweet 6 Wild 5 Bright 5 Heaven 5 Away 4 Water 4 Heart 4


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Jedpumblechook: 1814, to james hogg: i think you and burns have derived a great advantage - that being poets, and drinkers of wine, you have had a new potation to rely upon. your whisky has made you original.
Realscarey: meet ashbey beasley. she was a highland park, illinois shooting survivor and happened to be at the nashville shooting as well. david hogg 2.0 all seems orchestrated
Trilliantpurple: hogg was the son of the merchant and philanthropist quintin hogg and of alice anna hogg, née graham (d. 1918). both of his grandfathers, sir james hogg, 1st baronet, and william graham,
Real_james_hogg: which song by the supremes does this make you think of?
Moonpavilion: 'revenge is mine, saith the lord,' which meaneth not because it is too sweet a morsel for man, as the scoffer said, but because it is too dangerous. the cameronian preacher's tale, james hogg (1770-1835)
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Isaac Watts Poem
Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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