John Logan (1748–1788) was a minister and poet in Leith, Scotland.

Quotes

• Thy braes were bonnie, Yarrow stream,
  When first on them I met my lover;
  Thy braes how dreary, Yarrow stream,
  When now thy waves his body cover!
  • The Braes of Yarrow

• Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,
  No winter in thy year.
  • To the Cuckoo, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Oh could I fly, I'd fly with thee!
  We'd make with joyful wing
  Our annual visit o'er the globe,
  Companions of the spring.
  • To the Cuckoo, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

External links

• Sermons by John Logan at Google Books.
• Poems: By the Rev. Mr. Logan, One of the Ministers of Leith at Google Books.