Myra, an Elegy for an unknown lady by Dr William Oliver

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As well as being a distinguished doctor, William Oliver was a poet who wrote a Pastoral Elegy for a deceased patient. Who was Dr Oliver’s lover?

Duncan McGibbon recites, for only the second time in history, this moving and accomplished poem.

Duncan is a published poet and is convenor for the BRLSI Poetry group.