William Mickle

William Mickle

William Julius Mickle (1735-1788) was a Scottish poet. Mickle was the son of the minister of Langholm, Dumfriesshire. He was for some time a brewer in Edinburgh, but failed. He went to Oxford, where he was corrector for the Clarendon Press. After various literary failures and minor successes he produced his translation of the Lusiad, from the Portuguese of Camões, which brought him both fame and money. In 1777 he went to Portugal, where he was received with distinction. In 1784 he published.the ballad of "Cumnor Hall," which suggested to Scott the writing of Kenilworth. He may be best remembered, however, by the beautiful lyric, "There's nae luck aboot the Hoose," which, although claimed by others, is almost certainly his.

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