Patrick Laing

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Patrick Laing

Poet(s)

Anderson, Alexander

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Good Words 29, 66–67, 1888.

First line

The deid sleep soun’ in the auld kirkyaird

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Notes and attribution research

Note on the poem: Patrick Laing was a noted Covenanter, and remarkable for his resolute daring and bravery. After suffering many trial, fully narrated in Simpson’s ‘traditions of the Covenantor’ he survivied the persecution and passed away at a good old age. He lies in Kirkconnel old churchyard, with no stone to mark his last resting-place.

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 5487

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Patrick Laing