William Edmondstoune Aytoun
1813 - 1865
William Edmondstoune "W. E." Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish poet, lawyer by training, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres at the University of Edinburgh. He published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor to the Edinburgh literary periodical Blackwood's Magazine. He was also a collector of Scottish ballads.Poems
- L'ENVOY.
- SPANISH BALLADS
- The Courtship of our Cid.
- AMERICAN BALLADS
- FYTTE SECOND.
- STREAK THE FIRST.
- STREAK THE SECOND.
- The Congress met, the day was wet, Van Buren took the chair...
- The Alabama Duel.
- Sneak across the wide Atlantic, worthless London's puling child...
- MISCELLANEOUS BALLADS
- The Lay of the Levite.