"While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow."
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Thomas Campbell (poet)
1826 – 1829
Thomas Campbell (July 27, 1777 – June 15, 1844) was a Scottish poet, who served as Lord Rector of Glasgow University (1826–1829).
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