The death of Carl Springel : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1900?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, October 1900'.
Accross the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
Printed beneath the title are two letters of acknowledgement for receipt of poems from McGonagall, one from Francis Knollys on behalf of the Prince of Wales, the other on behalf of the Queen.
First lines read: 'Twas in the year of 1869, and on the 19th of November, / Which the people in Southern Germany will long remember, / The great rain-storm which for twenty hours did pour down, / That the rivers were overflowed and petty streams all around.
English poetry