Maginn, William (M)

Surname: Maginn
Forename(s): William
b. 10 July 1794. d. 21 August 1842. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, translator, prolific periodical contributor. Pseudonyms: “M. N.,” “Morgan Odoherty” (shared with other Blackwood’s contributors), “An Irish Gentleman,” “Morty Macnamara Mulligan.” Born in Cork. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Worked as a teacher in his father’s school and, on his father’s death in 1819, became master. Part of the inner Blackwood’s circle. Moved to London in 1824. Wrote regularly for the evening Standard, and closely involved with Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country and Bentley’s Miscellany. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 49
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Lines to Miss Fanny Forman, on Bidding her Farewell 1819-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7795
Don Juan Unread 1819-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7749
To Thomas Campbell, Esq. An Expostulatory Epistle occasioned by the following passage in his Specimens of English Poetry 1820-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7843
Ode to Mrs Flanagan 1820-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 7885
A Dirge over Sir Daniel Donnelly 1820-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8452
A New Song 1820-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8454
A Hebrew Dirge over Sir Daniel Donnelly 1820-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet, Translator 8450
MSS. No II. To Marshal— on his Return; or, Congratulatory Address by Mons.— 1820-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8749
The Building of the Palace of the Lamp 1820-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8786
Sonnet On the Battle between Mendoza and Tom Owen, at Banstead Downs, July 4th, 1820 1820-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8799
Hail to Thee, Pride of the North, Hail, Christopher, Star of Edina! 1821-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9219
Bacchus, or the Pirates; Homer, Hymn 5th 1821-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 9242
A Welcome to his Majesty King George the Fourth, on his Arrival in Ireland, MDCCCXXI 1821-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9426
Ode on the King’s Landing in Ireland, Twelfth August, MDCCCXXI 1821-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9425
Song III. Rafferty’s Advice 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9575
Song II. Lament of a Connaught Ranger 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9572
Song VI. The Impassioned Wave 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9580
No. IV. The Gathering of the Mahonys 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9577
Song I. Saint Patrick 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9570
Song V. A Real Irish “Fly Not Yet” 1821-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9579
Sonnet 1822-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9685
“O! gone are the days, when the censure or praise” 1822-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9812
“I care not a fig for a flagon of flip” 1822-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9811
On Reading the Appendix to Lord Byron’s Tragedy of the Two Foscari 1822-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9814
“Backe and side go bare, go bare” 1822-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9813
The Contributor’s Lament for Yellow and Blue 1822-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9821
A Twist-imony, in Favour of Gin-twist, an Humble Imitation of That Admirable Poem, the Ex-ale-tation of Ale, Attributed by Grave Authors to Bishop Andrews, on Which Point Is to Be Consulted, Francis, Lord Verulam, a Celebrated Philosopher, Who Has Been Lately Be-scoped-and Tendencied by Macvey Napier, Esq 1822-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9892
On the Head of George Buchanan. (From the Chaldee) 1823-03 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9933
Ode on May Morning, M.DCCC.XXIII. By Odoherty 1823-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9944
Song of a Fallen Angel over a Bowl of Rum-punch 1823-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10081
An Idyl on the Battle 1823-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10078
Lament of a Big Bristol Butcher 1823-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10079
Song Occasioned by Seeing, in the Quarterly Review, and Blackwood’s Magazine, some Gloomy Anticipations of the Effects of the Change in the Navigation Code 1823-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10086
The Pewter Quart. A New Song to an Old Tune 1823-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10088
Spring’s Return 1824-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10105
A Happy New-Year to the True Men of the Land 1824-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10108
The Lament for Thurtell 1824-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10107
The Bridal of Andalla 1824-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10106
Verses on All-Fool’s-Day 1824-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10118
“Lament for Lord Byron” 1824-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10125
Whigs of Chester 1824-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10160
New Year’s Chaunt 1824-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10168
“Now the year twenty-four is vanish’d and no more” 1825-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10181
“When Panurge and his fellows, as Rab’lais will tell us” 1825-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10295
“My left is adorn’d by a poet” 1829-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10526
Flash Song 1829-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10524
“Here Judas, with a face where shame” 1829-07 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 10525
Roger Goodfellow. A Song. To be sung to all sorry rascals 1832-02 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11012
Louis the Eleventh 1837-07-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Translator 3491