The death of Captain Ward : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1901?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, January 1901'.
At the top of 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 about the beginning of the past century / Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy, / And conveyed on board the "Waterwitch" without delay, / Scarce getting time to bid farewell to the villagers of Fairway.
English poetry