Lockhart, John Gibson (M)

Surname: Lockhart
Forename(s): John Gibson
b. 12 June 1794. d. 25 November 1854. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Writer, editor, translator, and biographer of Walter Scott. Pseudonyms include: William Wastle (after Burns’ poem Willie’s Wife), Dr. Scott. Educated at the Universities of Glasgow, Oxford, and Edinburgh. Married the eldest daughter of Walter Scott. Editor of Blackwood’s Magazine and the Quarterly Review. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 79
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Groo-loo-kri-tchi (or the Blown-plumed Condor) 1818-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8138
Here Follow the Notices, Done into Metre by an ingenious Friend 1818-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8219
The Mad Banker of Amsterdam; Or, the Fate of the Brauns 1818-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8223
The Mad Banker of Amsterdam; Or, The Fate of the Brauns 1818-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8244
The Eve of St Jerry 1819-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8372
The Mad Banker of Amsterdam; or, The Fate of the Brauns 1819-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8344
Odoherty’s Garland, in Honour of Mrs Cooke, the Great 1819-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8346
The Mad Banker of Amsterdam; or, the Fate of the Brauns 1819-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8379
Sonnet. To the beautiful Miss Lucy Forman. On seeing her shaking Canaster from one Bag into another 1819-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7751
Leddrie Green, An excellent new Song, Written by Bailie Jarvie, a good many Years ago 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7810
Captain Paton’s Lament 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7821
L’Envoy; An Excellent New Song in Honour of Dr. Scott 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7800
Lines to Miss Fanny Forman, on Bidding her Farewell 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7795
Ye Pugilists of England. As Sung by Messrs Price, Tims, and Woods (Son of the Fighting Waterman), on the 4th of September 1819, near the Linn of Dee 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7805
Song, by Mr Wastle, On Proposing the Health of H. R. H. Prince Leopold 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7816
Love’s Phantoms of Wo 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7808
Carmen Diabolicum. Sung in Oliver & Boyd’s Printing Office, on the Midnight between the 19th and 20th August, 1819. Solo, by Tipsy Thammuz 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7794
Dr. Scott’s Farewell to Braemar 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7801
Carmen Diabolicum. Sung in Oliver & Boyd’s Printing Office, on the Midnight between the 19th and 20th August, 1819. Solo, by Bowzy Beelzebub 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7793
The Clydesdale’s Yeoman’s Return. An Excellent New Ballad to the Tune of Grammachree. Written and Sung by Dr. Scott 1819-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7766
The Twenty-ninth of February. A Tragic Sketch 1820-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7828
Sonnet, by the Ettrick Shepherd; (Addressed to Christopher North, Esq. on receiving the last Number of this Magazine, by the hands of John Dow, Esq. W. S. ) 1820-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7834
The Bullfight of Ganzul 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7839
The Lamentation of Granada for the Death of Celin 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7840
The Flight from Granada 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7841
Andalla’s Bridal 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7837
Zara’s Ear-rings 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7838
Don Raymon of Butrago 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7835
The Death of Queen Blanche 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 7836
Sorrow is Dry 1820-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8445
Song for the Morning of the Day of St John the Baptist 1820-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 8469
The Death of Don Alonzo of Aguilar 1820-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 8470
The Testimonium, A Prize Poem 1820-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8533
“Ye citizens of London towne” 1820-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8785
The Building of the Palace of the Lamp 1820-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8786
Stanzas Dedicatory to Francis Jeffrey 1821-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9419
Extempore Effusion, Sung with Great Effect by Morgan Odoherty, Esq. on the Evening of 19th July 1821-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9428
Excellent New Song, Composed by James Scott, Esq. M. D. and Sung by Him, with Great Applause, on the Evening of Thursday, 19th July 1821-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9427
Song I. Comparisons are Odious. A Chaunt 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9540
L’Envoy to Volume Tenth 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9595
Song II. Cobbett’s Complaint. A Dirge 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9543
The Wine-Bibber’s Glory—A New Song 1822-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9693
When This Old Cap Was New 1822-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9692
Song III. When This Old Book Was New 1822-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9691
Dialogue Between Willison Glass, Esq. of Edinburgh, and Jeremy Bentham Esq. of London 1822-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9712
Aria 1822-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9713
Byron to Murray 1822-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9711
Epilogue. Spoken by Christopher North, Esquire, and Sir A. Wylie, Baronet 1822-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9725
Song, on the Wedding-Day of Timothy Tickler, Esq. and Miss Amarantha Aloesbud 1822-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9723
Dean Swift!!! 1822-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9724
Desultory Stanzas Upon Receiving the Last Sheets of “Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. LXV,” From the Press 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9732
Count Fernan Gonsalez 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9729
Guarinos 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9730
Bavieca 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9727
The Excommunication of the Cid 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9728
Bernardo and Alphonso 1822-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9726
Ye Gentlemen of England. An Excellent New Whig Song 1822-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9882
The Seven Heads 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9927
The Avenging Childe 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9928
“Greek and Latin” 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9931
Count Alarcos and the Infanta Solisa 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9929
On the Star of “The Legion of Honour.” (From the French) 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9932
A Riddle 1823-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9941
The Devonshire Lane 1823-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9940
To the Editor of the John Bull Magazine, On an Article in His First Number 1824-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10135
The King and the Minstrel of Ely. From the Norman-French 1829 The Keepsake Translator 3059
Lines Written on the Tweedside, September the 18th, 1831 1831-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 11085
The Pursuits of Politics. A Poem 1832-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 11221
Juggling Johnny. A New Thimble-Rig Song 1837-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 14186
A Health to Old England, and Westminster’s Pride 1837-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 14187
Here’s to the Statesmen, the Pride of our Land 1837-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 14184
A Chant for Many Voices 1837-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 14189
North and South 1846-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11047
Anacreon’s Grave 1846-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11044
The Warning 1846-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11045
Goethe to His Roman Love. Attempted in the Original Metre 1846-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11043
The Swiss Alp 1846-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11046
The Twenty-Fourth Book of Homer’s Iliad, Attempted in English Hexameters 1846-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11344
Lighten the Boat! 1853-08-13 Household Words Poet 1302