For He Was Scotch, And So Was She
In this poem, Blewett narrates the live and relationship of a Scotch couple. He describes the couple as content and mentions their interests such as reading and discussing Bobby Burns. He also talks about how they had a good marriage and made up when they fought.
Her Portrait
Here, Blewett depicts a young child and her characteristics through a portrait painted of her. He describes her features as they are painted on the portrait and immortalizes her in it, explaining that this portrait of her will always light up memory.
Margaret
This is a love poem about a girl named Margaret. In it, Blewett praises her physical beauty and attributes such as her eyes, hair, cheek and mouth, which he compares to roses and sunbeams. However, the poem takes a turn in the last line when he describes her heart as cold and reveals that she is indifferent to him, pitying himself.
This is a metaphorical poem about the journey and state of the human soul. In it, Blewett compares the soul to a ship on its journey and urges the soul to be careful and stay true to its course. He instructs it to follow the guiding star to safety instead of being swayed by various perils on its journey.
The Usurer
This poem is a conversation between a personified fate and a narrator. In it, fate agrees to loan the narrator happiness like a usurer, but makes it clear the narrator will pay her back tenfold. However, the narrator challenges this assertion, claiming that her memories of her love are the most important thing, and that even fate is unable to take these from her.
What Time The Morning Stars Arise
This is a poem about an Admiral of an air fleet who is on a mission in his plane. During this mission he spots an enemy zeppelin on its way to do harm. Determined to stop it, he chases the zeppelin and shoots it down so it cannot cause anymore destruction.
