The Course of Time
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The Course of Time is a ten-book poem in blank verse
, first published in 1827. It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish
poet Robert Pollok
. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America
.
Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.
James Cowan, author of 'From Glasgow's Treasure Chest' (published by Wilson June 1951) devotes a whole chapter to Robert Polllock (P.212). He travels from Glasgow by bus to Pollock's memorial on the Fenwick moor south of Mearns and journeys to the Gowkstane and the farm of North Moorhouse where Robert Pollock was born.
An illustrated
edition was published in 1857, featuring the work of John Tenniel
, Myles Birket Foster
, and J.R. Clayton.
Blank verse
Blank verse is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. It has been described as "probably the most common and influential form that English poetry has taken since the sixteenth century" and Paul Fussell has claimed that "about three-quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse."The first...
, first published in 1827. It was the last published and most famous work of Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
poet Robert Pollok
Robert Pollok
Robert Pollok was a Scottish poet best known for The Course of Time, published the year of his death.Pollok was born at North Moorhouse Farm, Loganswell Renfrewshire, Scotland. Sources differ on the exact year of his birth, some giving 1789, some 1798, and some 1799...
. The first edition of the poem sold 12,000 copies, and by its fourth edition it had sold 78,000 copies and become well known even in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Pollok himself died in September 1827, only a few months after the poem was published.
James Cowan, author of 'From Glasgow's Treasure Chest' (published by Wilson June 1951) devotes a whole chapter to Robert Polllock (P.212). He travels from Glasgow by bus to Pollock's memorial on the Fenwick moor south of Mearns and journeys to the Gowkstane and the farm of North Moorhouse where Robert Pollock was born.
An illustrated
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
edition was published in 1857, featuring the work of John Tenniel
John Tenniel
Sir John Tenniel was a British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of England’s 19th century. Tenniel is considered important to the study of that period’s social, literary, and art histories...
, Myles Birket Foster
Myles Birket Foster
Myles Birket Foster was a popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.-Life and work:...
, and J.R. Clayton.
External links
- Images and description of the 1857 edition at the Memorial UniversityMemorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St...
Digital Archive.