William McGonagall (1825–1902) weaver, actor, poet
The death toll was actually 75.
Poetry, The Tay Bridge Disaster (1880)
“BEAUTIFUL Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay!
With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array
And your central girders, which seem to the eye
To be almost towering to the sky.”
Written before the disaster.
Poetry, The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay (1878)
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