'Worst poet' has last laugh
A COLLECTION of works by the man dubbed "the world's worst poet" sold for £6600 at auction.
William McGonagall, who died in 1902, was a weaver in Dundee who turned his hand to poetry, but gained the unwanted label for his uninspiring verse.
A collection of 35 poems sold by, and to, a private collector went under the hammer at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh yesterday.
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Last Updated:
17 May 2008 9:51 AM
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Edinburgh Evening News
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Edinburgh
