The Comic Poems of William Tennant

Containing one of the most popular comic poems of the nineteenth century, this collection of William Tennant poetry features Anster Fair, the Italian ottava rima style of which likely inspired Byron’s use of the same in Don Juan. The volume also includes Papistry Storm’d, a humorous account of the Knoxian mob attack on the Cathedral of St. Andrews, as well as some examples of Tennant’s shorter Scots pieces.