The Death of the old mendicant : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Dundee] : William M'Gonagall, Smith's Buildings, Paton's Lane, Dundee,
[1884]
In two columns with a crown above the title.
In verse.
Printed on the sheet are copies of two letters to McGonagall, one from Downing Street on behalf of William Gladstone, the Prime Minister, the other from H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, both letters acknowledge receipt of poems by McGonagall.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: There was a rich old gentleman / Liv'd on a lonely moor in Switzerland.
English poetry