Author:William Edmondstoune Aytoun

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William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)

A Scottish poet, humorist and writer.

Works

• The Glenmutchkin Railway
• How I Became a Yeoman
• How I Stood for the Dreepdaily Burghs

• Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
  • Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers
    • Edinburgh after Flodden
    • The Execution of Montrose
    • The Heart of the Bruce
    • The Burial March of Dundee
    • The Widow of Glendoe
    • The Island of the Scots
    • Charles Edward at Versailles
    • The Old Scottish Cavalier
  • Miscellaneous Poems
    • Blind Old Milton
    • Hermotimus
    • Œnone
    • The Buried Flower
    • The Old Cart
    • Danube and the Euxine
    • The Scheik of Sinai
    • Epitaph of Constantine Kanaris
    • The Refusal of Charon

• Norman Sinclair
• Bon Gaultier Ballads
• Firmilian, a Spasmodic Tragedy

Works about Aytoun

• “Aytoun, William Edmondstoune,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• “Aytoun, William Edmonstone” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Aytoun, William Edmonstoune” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.