Romantic

John Wilson

1785–1854


John Wilson (1785–1854) is one of the Scottish song-writers whose lives Charles Rogers sketched in The Modern Scottish Minstrel (six volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855–57).

This archive holds 3 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 3 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. Mary Gray's Song
  2. The Three Seasons of Love
  3. Prayer to Sleep
  4. The Evening Cloud

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