William Falconer

thumb|William Falconer William Falconer (21 February 1732 – December 1769) was a Scottish poet. Quotes The Shipwreck (1762) With living colours give my verse to glow:The sad memorial of a tale of woe! Introduction, lines 35-36. Thou living ray of intellectual fire. Canto I, line 104. High in his chariot glow'd the lamp of day. Canto I, 426. The sacred lamp of dayNow dipt in western clouds his parting ray. Canto II, line 27. Again she plunges! hark! a second shockBilges the splitting vessel on the rock;Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries,The fated victims shuddering cast their eyesIn wild despair; while yet another strokeWith strong convulsion rends the solid oak:Ah Heaven!—behold her crashing ribs divide!She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide. Canto III, line 642. External links William Falconer (poet) William Falconer (poet) Author:William Falconer (1732-1769) Category:1769 deaths Category:Poets from Scotland Category:People from Edinburgh