Selected Pages from The Comic Legend of William McGonagall
McGonagall Finds His Muse
"I know nothing about poetry", he thought, but "a flame, as Lord Byron has said, seemed to kindle up my entire frame, along with a desire to write poetry." In no time he had penned a verse in memory of Rev' George Gilfillan.
An Address to the Reverend George Gilfillan
The Reverend George Gilfillian was a legendary Dundee preacher, and McGonagall considered the man to be his friend. Indeed, Gilfillan had once written hum a testimonial when seeking employment as an actor. So, in his new calling as a poet, McGonagall dedicated his first poem, "composed while under divine inspiration", to the worthy minister.
The Tay Bridge Disaster
Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
Alas! I am very sorry to say
That ninety lives have been taken away
On the last Sabbath day of 1879
Which will be remember'd for a very long time.
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