William McGonagall

1825 - 1902

William McGonagall Is The Adopted Patron Poet Of The Troll City Message Board.

General Verse

A Christmas Carol The Destroying Angel
A Tribute to Henry Stanley The Heather Blend Club Banquet
An Autumn Reverie The Newport Railway
Beautiful Monikie Attempted Assassination of the Queen
Forget-Me-Not Edinburgh
Loch Leven Jottings On New York
Robert Burns Montrose
An Ode To The Queen The Famous Tay Whale
Bonnie Dundee In 1878 The Christmas Goose
The Wreck of the Titanic The Death of Prince Leopold
The Death of Lord and Lady Dalhousie The Rattling Boy from Dublin
The Beautiful Sun The Moon
The City of Perth Glasgow
The Demon Drink Loch Ness
The Farewell Address An Address to the New Tay Bridge
The Newport Railway A Tale Of The Sea
The Tay Bridge Disaster To the Rev George Gilfillan
A Descriptive Poem On The Silvery Tay The Burial of the Rev George Gilfillan
Adventures Of King Robert the Bruce Saving a Train
The Burning of the Exeter Theatre The Late Sir John Ogilvy
The Wreck of the Steamer London The Royal Review
To Mr James Scrymgeour, Dundee A Tribute to Mr Murphy and The Blue Ribbon Army
The Wreck of the Thomas Dryden Greenland's Icy Mountains
The Funeral of the German Emperor The Nithsdale Widow and her Son
Grace Darling Loch Katrine
Jack o' the Cudgel The Execution of James Graham
Broughty Ferry The Castle of Mains
Annie Marshall the Foundling Young Munro the Sailor
Oban Baldovan
Descriptive Jottings of London The Clepington Catastope
Hanchen, The Maid of the Mill The Burning of the Steamer "City of Montreal"
A Summary History of Sir William Wallace The Death of the Old Mendicant
The Sorrows of the Blind The Tragic Death of the Rev. A.H. Mackonochie
The Miraculous Escape of Robert Allan, the Fireman The Sprig of Moss
An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland John Rouat the Fisherman
Jenny Carrister, The Heroine of Lucknow-Mine The Pennsylvania Disaster
Wreck of the Schooner "Samuel Crawford" Wreck of the Whaler "Oscar"
The Collision in the English Channel

Military Verse

General Roberts The Hero Of Rorke's Drift
The Battle of Gujrat The Battle of Atabara
The Hero of Kalapore The Battle Of El-Teb
The Capture of Lucknow The Battle of Tel-El-Kebir
The Relief of Mafeking The Battle Of Abu Klea
The Last Berkshire Eleven The Ashantee War
The Downfall of Delhi The Horrors of Majuba
General Gordon. The Hero of Khartoum The Rebel Suprise Near Tamai
Lord Roberts' Triumphal Entry Into Pretoria The Storming of Dargai Heights.
Lines in Praise of Tommy Atkins The Battle of Glencoe
The Battle of Omdurman The Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Flodden Field The Battle of Sheriffmuir
The Battle of Shina The First Grenadier of France