Poems by Thomas Pringle (1789 - 1834)
- Afar in the Desert
- Cape of Storms
- Evening Rambles
- For a Tombstone in the Burial Ground at Dryburgh Abbey
- Franschhoek
- Genadendal
- Glen Lynden
- On a View of Spoleto
- The Desolate Valley
- The Lion Hunt
- The Nameless Stream
- The Tornado
Thomas Pringle was born in Kelso in Scotland. He studied at Edinburgh University. A writer, he went to South Africa as one of the 1820 settlers and founded newspapers there. He returned to Scotland and became active in the cause of abolition of slavery. After his death, his body was taken to South Africa for burial. He is known as the father of South African poetry.
Scottish poet and author of many poems about South Africa, Thomas Pringle - the 'Father of South African Poetry''