5 works of Thomas Campbell Scottish poet (1777-1844)
This ebook presents a collection of 5 works of Thomas Campbell. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: - Gertrude of Wyoming - Hohenlinden - Lord Ullin's Daughter - Reullura - Song to the Evening Star - The Last Man - The Pleasures of Hope - The Rainbow - Ye Mariners of England
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet. He was a founder and the first President of the Clarence Club and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, he was also one of the initiators of a plan to found what became University College London. In 1799, he wrote The Pleasures of Hope, a traditional 18th-century didactic poem in heroic couplets. He also produced several stirring patriotic war songs—Ye Mariners of England, The Soldier's Dream, Hohenlinden and in 1801, The Battle of Mad and Strange Turkish Princes.