William Gay (poet)

William Gay (2 May 1865 – 22 December 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian poet. He was born at Bridge of Weir, in Renfrewshire, Scotland, eldest child of William Gay and his wife Jane née Tagg.[1]

Gay edited "The Commonwealth & the Empire" with Mary Sampson.[1]

He died on 22 December 1897.[2][1]

Bibliography

  • Sonnets and Other Verses (1894)
  • Sonnets (1896)
  • Christ on Olympus and Other Poems (1896)
  • Poems of William Gay (1910)
  • The Complete Poetical Works of William Gay, and, Purple and Gold : Poems and Lyrics (1913)

References

  1. ^ a b c Joseph Jones, 'Gay, William (1865–1897)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, MUP, 1981, pp. 633–634. Retrieved 31 October 2008
  2. ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Gay, William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
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