Ode To Ayr and other Poems
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William McGonagall
And as for the statue of Sir Walter Scott that stands in George Square, It is a handsome statue — few with it can compare, And most elegant to be seen, And close beside it stands the statue of Her Majesty the Queen. Then as for Kelvin Grove, it is most lovely to be seen With its beautiful flowers and trees so green, And a magnificent water-fountain spouting up very high, Where the people can quench their thirst when they feel dry. I have mixed with all kinds of people — of low and high degree, But the most unmannerly people are the people of Dundee. Beautiful city of Glasgow, I now conclude my muse, And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse; And, without fear of contradiction, I will venture to say You are the second grandest city in Scotland at the present day!
The beautiful fourth line—. It is to hoped that Glasgow will show a greater appreciation of poetic genius a la McGonagall than the unregenerate city Dundee. Was this a true McGonagall quote? See my previous comment, Claire.
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- Contributed to the “Ayrshire Post” by Sir William Topaz McGonagall, 24th April 1897?
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In the year , on the 23rd day of August at 5: In an age before radio and television, their voice was one way of communicating important news to an avid public. In the modern era, the entire series is reprinted in a single collection called The Complete McGonagall. Sit down here, and rest your feet". His only apparent understanding of poetry was his belief that it needed to rhyme.
He found lucrative work performing his poetry at a local circus. He read his poems while the crowd was permitted to pelt him with eggs, flour, herrings, potatoes and stale bread. For this, he received fifteen shillings a night. McGonagall seemed happy with this arrangement, but the events became so raucous that the city magistrates were forced to put a ban on them. Fellow citizens of Bonnie Dundee Are ye aware how the magistrates have treated me?
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Nay, do not stare or make a fuss When I tell ye they have boycotted me from appearing in Royal Circus, Which in my opinion is a great shame, And a dishonour to the city's name Throughout his life McGonagall seemed oblivious to the general opinion of his poems, even when his audience were pelting him with eggs and vegetables.
Author Norman Watson speculates in his biography of McGonagall that he may have been on the " autism-Asperger's spectrum ". Christopher Hart , writing in The Sunday Times , says that this seems "likely". In , McGonagall was in dire straits financially.
To help him, his friends funded the publication of a collection of his work, Poetic Gems. The proceeds provided McGonagall with enough money to live on for a time. One newspaper quipped that he'd probably stay for another year once he realised "that Dundee rhymes with ". Soon after, he received a letter purporting to be from representatives of King Thibaw Min of Burma. In , McGonagall and his wife moved to Edinburgh. Here, McGonagall met with some success, becoming a "cult figure" [6]: It did not last long, and by he was once again destitute and now old and sickly.
Though he was now too frail to walk the streets selling his poems, donations from friends, as ever, kept him afloat. He died penniless in and was buried in an unmarked grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh. A grave-slab installed to his memory in is inscribed:. Additionally, a plaque above 5 South College Street in Edinburgh shows an image of McGonagall, and bears the inscription:.
More than a year before the disaster, [16] McGonagall had written a poem in praise of the Tay Bridge: Once the new replacement bridge had been built, he composed an ode to the new construction: He is buried in an unmarked grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard , Edinburgh.
Contributed to the “Ayrshire Post” by Sir William Topaz McGonagall, 24th April Immortal Robert Burns of Ayr, Some of your poems and songs are very fine –. From a perusal of the “poem,” it will be gathered that the poet is moved by the bonnie banks of the Clyde much in the same way as the Tay, “So beautiful to seen.
Sit down here, and rest your feet". Unfortunately the bench fell into disrepair and was not replaced. It is not known what became of its small plaque. McGonagall's poems were published by his friends, in a series of books bearing variations on the title Poetic Gems.
An Ode to the Immortal Bard of Ayr, Robert Burns
In the modern era, the entire series is reprinted in a single collection called The Complete McGonagall. Note that although the Poetic Gems books are listed in chronological order, the time at which the poem was published often has no bearing on when it was written; the "Address to the Rev. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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