Whiskiana; or, The drunkard's progress : a poem. In Scottish verse.
Anti-Whiskianus.
Glasgow : Printed by A. Napier, Trongate, and sold by Robert Hutchison, bookseller, Saltmarket,
1812.
A poem in Scots dealing with the "evil of habitual intoxication", which mixes humour with a serious moral message. The anonymous author reveals in the preface that he was originally from the village of Ceres in Fife and wrote the poem between 1810 and 1811. 'Whiskiana' is in five parts covering the progress of a drunkard from inebriation to redemption: a description of the drunkard, his wife's lament for his conduct, his remorse, his repentance, and finally his complete reformation when he swaps the bottle for a prayer book.
Author taken from preface.
A poem in Scots dealing with the "evil of habitual intoxication", which mixes humour with a serious moral message. The anonymous author reveals in the preface that he was originally from the village of Ceres in Fife and wrote the poem between 1810 and 1811. 'Whiskiana' is in five parts covering the progress of a drunkard from inebriation to redemption: a description of the drunkard, his wife's lament for his conduct, his remorse, his repentance, and finally his complete reformation when he swaps the bottle for a prayer book.
Whiskey
Scotland Glasgow.