Thomas Wilson (poet)
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Thomas Wilson was a Tyneside
poet, from Low Fell
in Gateshead
. His most famous work, an example of Tyneside Dialect Literature, is The Pitman's Pay, originally published between 1826 and 1830.
Tyneside
Tyneside is a conurbation in North East England, defined by the Office of National Statistics, which is home to over 80% of the population of Tyne and Wear. It includes the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside — all settlements on...
poet, from Low Fell
Low Fell
Low Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It overlooks the lake of Loweswater to the south and to the north is bordered by its neighbour Fellbarrow. It is usually climbed from the villages of Loweswater or Thackthwaite. The fell is largely occupied by grassed enclosures, although there are...
in Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
. His most famous work, an example of Tyneside Dialect Literature, is The Pitman's Pay, originally published between 1826 and 1830.
Works
- The Pitman's Pay
- Stanzas on the Intended New Line of Road from Potticar-Lane to Leyburn-Hole
- The Oiling of Dicky's Wig
- The Opening of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
- The Captain's and the Quayside
- A Keelman's Tribute to a Friend
- A Dirge on the Death of Coaly
- Joyce's Patent Stove
- The Humble Petition of the Sand Banks in the Tyne
- The Alderman's Lament
- The Pea-jacket
- The Movement
- A Glance at Polly Technic
- Lines on John Smith
- The Author's Arm-chair
- The Author's Favourite Dog, Pincher
- On Parting with a Favourite Mare
- A Character
- Charley the Newsmonger
- On Seeing a Mouse Run Across the Road in January
- Petition of an Apple-tree
- Answer to the Foregoing
- The Tippling Dominie
- The Washing-day
- Woman
- David Profit
- Carter's Well
- The Industrious and Peaceable Pair
- The Village-howdy
- The Happy Home
External links
- http://www.asaplive.com/archive/browse_by_collection.asp FARNE - Folk Archive Resource North East
- http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdialect/wilson1.html Online version of The Pitman's Pay