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    Poems on Golf
    Poems on Golf
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    Poems on Golf

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Poems on Golf - Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society

      Project Gutenberg's Poems on Golf, by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society

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      Title: Poems on Golf

      Author: Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society

      Release Date: September 6, 2011 [EBook #37323]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POEMS ON GOLF ***

      Produced by C.S. Beers, Greg Bergquist and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This

      file was produced from images generously made available

      by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      POEMS ON GOLF

      POEMS

      ON

      GOLF

      EDINBURGH

      Printed for Private Circulation

      1867

      J. M. CORNER

      Some Members of The Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society having resolved to collect and print a few fugitive pieces in verse relating to the game of GOLF, the following Poems and Songs have been after some labour procured, and are now printed (some for the first time) for private circulation among the Subscribers whose names are appended.

      Edinburgh, April 1867.

      CONTENTS.

      Page

      The Goff, an Heroi-comical Poem 1

      Golfiana—Address to St. Andrews 20

      " The Golfiad 22

      " The first Hole at St. Andrews on a crowded day 29

      " Another Peep at the Links 36

      The Nine Holes of St. Andrews Links 48

      Scrap—The following scrap &c. 56

      Song—The Golfers' Garland 57

      " The Links o' Innerleven 60

      " In praise of Gutta Percha 63

      " Far and Sure 66

      " Gae bring my guid auld clubs 68

      " Come, leave your dingy desks 73

      " When Tom and me were laddies 77

      LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

      BANNATYNE, ADAM B., Advocate.

      BARCLAY, JAS., Writer.

      BAYLEY, GEO., W.S.

      BELL, W. H., A.C.S.

      BEVERIDGE, WILL. T. R., A.C.S.

      BRODIE, WM., R.S.A.

      BROWN, W. A., Advocate.

      BROWN, THOMAS, Writer.

      BURN, GEORGE, W.S.

      CALDER, A., Insurance Manager.

      CHISHOLM, JOHN K., Dentist.

      CLARK, AND. R., Advocate.

      CLARK, R., Printer.

      CURROR, D., S.S.C.

      DRUMMOND, JAMES, R.S.A.

      DRYSDALE, WILLIAM, D.C.S.

      FRASER, WM. N., of Tornaveen.

      GOUGH, OWEN, Holyrood Palace.

      HAY, JAMES, Esq., Leith.

      HENDERSON, ANDREW, Writer.

      HENDERSON, DAVID, Writer.

      HUTCHISON, H., Writer.

      HUTTON, WM., Writer.

      JACK, JNO., Writer.

      JAMIESON, JAMES T., S.S.C.

      JOHNSTON, ROB., Solicitor.

      KINNEAR, JAS., Writer.

      KIRKWOOD, JAMES, Merchant.

      LANDALE, THO., S.S.C.

      LEE, ROBERT, Advocate.

      LEGGAT, JAMES, Coal Master.

      LEISHMAN, JOHN, W.S.

      MACKENZIE, JOHN, W.S.

      MACMILLAN, H., Writer.

      M'EWEN, J., Writer.

      MANN, W., Writer.

      MELVILLE, F. SUTHER, A.C.S.

      MILLAR, WM., Board of Supervision.

      MITCHELL, A., Banker.

      MONCREIFF, JAMES, M.P., Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.

      MONCRIEFF, A., Advocate.

      MORRISON, AD., S.S.C.

      MURRAY, ANDW., Jun., W.S.

      PATTISON, G. H., Advocate.

      REID, WILLIAM, Writer.

      SHAW, ROBERT B., Assistant Clerk of the Bills.

      SMITH, DANIEL, Corn Factor.

      STEVEN, ROBERT, Writer.

      STEVENSON, PETER, Philosophical Instrument Maker.

      THOMS, GEO. H., Advocate.

      THOMPSON, J. GIBSON.

      THOMSON, JOHN, S.S.C.

      THOMSON, W. M., Advocate.

      WADDELL, ALEX. PEDDIE, W.S.

      WELCH, C., Writer, Cupar.

      WILLIAMSON, JAMES, Traveller.

      WILSON, GEO. B., Accountant.

      YOUNG, J. WM., 22 Royal Circus.

      THE GOFF.

      By Thomas Mathison, originally a Writer in Edinburgh, and afterwards Minister of Brechin. Reprinted from the second edition of the Poem.—1763.

      CANTO I.

      GOFF, and the Man, I sing, who, em'lous, plies

      The jointed club, whose balls invade the skies,

      Who from Edina's tow'rs, his peaceful home,

      In quest of fame o'er Letha's plains did roam.

      Long toil'd the hero, on the verdant field,

      Strain'd his stout arm the weighty club to wield;

      Such toils it cost, such labours to obtain

      The bays of conquest, and the bowl to gain.

      O thou Golfinia, Goddess of these plains!

      Great Patroness of GOFF! indulge my strains;

      Whether beneath the thorn-tree shade you lie,

      Or from Mercerian tow'rs the game survey,

      Or round the green the flying ball you chase,

      Or make your bed in some hot sandy face:

      Leave your much-lov'd abode, inspire his lays

      Who sings

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