George Outram

George Outram (25 March 1805 – 15 September 1856) was a Scottish humorous poet, Scottish advocate, friend of Professor John Wilson, and for some time editor of The Herald in Glasgow.

Quotes

• I cannot praise the Doctor's eyes;
     I never saw his glance divine;
  He always shuts them when he prays,
     And when he preaches he shuts mine.
  • "On hearing a Lady Praise a certain Rev. Doctor's Eyes"; reported in William Davenport Adams (ed.) English Epigrams (London, [1878]), p. 102
  • Cf Thomas Russell