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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Robert Tannahill

Born: June 3, 1774
Died: May 17, 1810 (aged 35)
Bio: Robert Tannahill was a Scottish poet of labouring class origin. Known as the 'Weaver Poet', he wrote dialect lyrics in the wake of Robert Burns.