A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Knox, William

by John William Cousin

Knox, William (1789-1825).—Poet, s. of a farmer in Roxburghshire, wrote several books of poetry, The Lonely Hearth, Songs of Israel, Harp of Zion, etc., which gained him the friendship of Scott. He fell into dissipated habits, was latterly a journalist in Edin., and d. at 36.

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