Hyslop

Hyslop, JAMES, poet, was born in the parish of Kirkconnell, Dumfriesshire, July 23, 1798. While acting as a shepherd near Airdmoss, Ayrshire, the scene of a Covenanting skirmish and Cameron's death (1680), the traditions of the district stimulated his imagination to the writing of his best-known poem, 'The Cameronian's Dream,' which appeared in the Edinburgh Magazine (1821). Hyslop, who had prepared himself by persevering private study for teaching at Greenock, through the influence of Lord Jeffrey was appointed tutor on board the Doris. While tutor on board the Threeed man-of-war he died of fever at St Jago, Cape Verd Islands, November 4, 1827. An edition of his poems was printed from his manuscript book by the Rev. P. Mearns, Coldstream (Glasg., 1887). Mr Hamish M'Cunn set his 'Cameronian's Dream' to music in 1889.