Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Laird's Lykewake, and Other Poems
Behold the Man I John Bunyan in Prison, and his very striking strain entitled a Hymn to the Stars, written at mid night in Glencoe, must be attractive to a class of readers who may care less for his Kirs'nen o' the Bairn, or When the Bairns are laid in Sleep. It says much, however, for the versatility of the Poet's powers that he has written poems of nearly equal merit in both languages, although we, for our part, prefer his English verses. The first two stanzas of the Hymn to the Stars strike us as almost sublime.
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