HEW AINSLIE
\hjˈuː ˈe͡ɪnsli], \hjˈuː ˈeɪnsli], \h_j_ˈuː ˈeɪ_n_s_l_i]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
A Scottish poet; born in the parish of Dailly, Ayrshire, April 5, 1792; died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 11, 1878. He emigrated to America when thirty, and is remembered for the good verse in his "A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns" (1820), and for various songs and ballads, the most popular being "The Rover of Loch Ryan".
By Charles Dudley Warner