Life
Hamilton was born in Gilbertfield, Cambuslang,My senses wad be in a creel
Should I but dare a hope to speel
Wi’ Allan, or wi Gilbertfield,
The braes o fame;
Or Fergusson, the writer chiel
A deathless name
/blockquote> Hamilton tried his hand at epic poetry in an abridgment in 18th century English ofBlind Harry Blind Harry ( 1440 – 1492), also known as Harry, Hary or Henry the Minstrel, is renowned as the author of ''The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace'', more commonly known as '' The Wallace''. This wa ...'s ''The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace ''The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace'' (Modern ), also known as ''The Wallace'', is a long "romantic biographical" poem by the fifteenth-century Scottish ''makar'' of the name Blind Harry, probably ...''.''"...wherein the Old, obsolete words are rendered more intelligible and adapted to the understanding of such who have not leisure to study the Meaning and Import of such Parases (sic) without the aid of a Glossary."''This enthused the young Burns, who records, in his Autobiographical Letter, that it''"...poured a Scottish prejudice in my veins which will boil along there till the flood gates of life shut in eternal rest''."He also served in the army and retired with the rank of Lieutenant.
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*Duncan Glen Professor Duncan Munro Glen (11 January 1933 – 20 September 2008) was a Scottish poet, literary editor and Emeritus Professor of Visual Communication at Nottingham Trent University. He became known with his first full-length book, ''Hugh MacDia ...''Four Scottish Poets of Cambuslang and Dechmont Hill 1626-1990: Patrick Hamilton, Minister at Cambuslang 1626-1645; Lieutenant William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, ... '' (Paperback) Akros Publications (Mar 1996) * See the online Burns Encyclopaedia i
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, William 1665 births, Hamilton of Gilbertfield, William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, William People from Cambuslang Scottish poets