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Michael Bruce

(1746-1767) Poet, son of a poor weaver at Kinnesswood, Kinross-shire, as a child herded cattle, but received a good education, including 4 sessions at the University of Edinburgh, and for a short time kept a school. His longest poem, Loch Leven, shows the influence of Thomson. His best is his Elegy. His promising career was cut short by consumption in 1767. The authorship of the beautiful Ode to the Cuckoo beginning "Hail, beauteous stranger of the grove" is contested, some authorities claiming it for Bruce and others for the Rev. John Logan (q.v.), who edited B.'s works, adding some of his own, and who claimed the Ode as his.

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