Odin
, a poem in blank verse; in 1824-29 his
Origines, or Remarks on the Origin of several Empires, States, and Cities
, was published. Sir William, who died at Rome in 1828, lived much of his later life abroad. Drummond, as a member of the Alfred Club, is described in the
Sexagenarian
(vol. ii. chap, xxiv.), where Beloe, speaking of the (
Œdipus Judaicus
), says that "he appeared to have employed his leisure in searching for objections and arguments as they related to Scripture, which had been so often refuted, that they were considered by the learned and wise as almost exploded." He refers to
Byblis
as evidence of his "perverted and fantastical taste" in poetry, praises his "spirited translation" of Persius, commends the "sound sense and very extensive reading" of his