Show michael bruce A descendant of michael bruce la Is wanted 0 o appear at the poetical dinner dinder michael Michae druce lBruce yes he was the poet who nearly lost his immortality at the hamidi of 0 a robber and though dead wad saved from oblivion by john bright bright had recited the ode to the cuckoo at a literary gathering and spoke of one logan an aa the author hy by and by doubts arose inquiry followed and in 1872 bright paid a pilgrimage of penitence to the grave of bruce michael died in his twenty first year and nd soon after pastor logon logan of 0 under the mask mash of friendship obtained bained all the poets unpublished manuscripts from the bereaved parents promising to publish a memorial edition for their benefit tene fit after years of delay a beggarly brochure appeared of f which the old folk received rec rece elred ired six coplea copies an aa their benefit 11 in due cobrae coutie logan published the bulk of the remainder as his own and people for or a time believed in him London chronicle |