Poem of William Thom, , 1845 Whisper Low 1845

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Poem of William Thom, , 1845 Whisper Low 1845

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb227-mspr5649.t4w5

4pp

eng,

University of St Andrews

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SNAC Resource ID: 6293862

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Thom, William, 1798?-1848

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Epithet: Advocate, of Aberdeen British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000224 ...

William Thom, 1798? -1848

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William Thom (1798?-1848), working-class poet, trained as a weaver and flute-player to support himself, until one of his poems was published in the Aberdeen Herald, and he attracted a patron. His only published volume of poems, Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver, appeared in 1844. Although he was heralded as a success and introduced to literary circles in London, he was unable to capitalise on his good fortune, slipping into alcoholism. He died in poverty in Dundee. From ...