Poetry.
Found in 2783 Collections and/or Records:
Verse epistle in holograph beginning, “Dear friend, t’enjoy life arright”, by Allan Ramsay, inlaid at the end of his 'Poems' (Edinburgh, 1721), volume i., [1721, or after.]
Verse letter, ? 1787, of Robert Burns to John Renton of Lamerton.
With a letter, ? 1851, of Robert Chambers to J C Renton concerning the manuscript.
Verse, undated, by John Stuart Blackie., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
The contents are as follows: sonnets (folio 1), songs (folio 42), an epic on Jack the Giant-killer, in Greek and English (folio 80), fragments of a drama on Prometheus (folio 132), and miscellaneous (folio 148).
Verses and charades, chiefly of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his children., 1806-1857, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Verses and copies of verses by John MacCulloch, geologist and his daughter, Frances.
Verses by Philip, chancellor of Paris (died 1236), beginning `Centrum capit cerculus quod est maius cerculo`., Before 1237.
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Verses by William Allen entitled "Up with the Banner of Scotland".
Verses by William Widdrington, whose signature occurs at intervals., 1697-1704.
Some of the verses are addressed to W Widrington's wife Elizabeth, who died in 1672 (page 14); some to his friends, especially Samuel Burroughs, Newmarket, to whom he presented the book.
Verses described as 'fresh from the brains of R Heber and Mr Wilmot' regarding the return of Queen Caroline to England., [?1820.]
Verses of James Boswell, beginning, "Madam, 'Tis true you plac'd me at your board"., ?1767.
The verses were probably addressed to the Countess of Stair in May 1767 (see the letter of Frederick A Pottle, appended).
There is also a note, undated, on Boswell by Thomas Park.
Verses of Sir Henry Yule, Geologist, inspired by a portrait of Gladstone in the Grosvenor Gallery., 1885.
Verses on the fall of Troy, in 88 lines, beginning `Pergama flere volo fato danais data solo`. The title `Versus de excidio troie` is added in a later hand.
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Video recording of T S Law poetry reading.
Video tape of a recording of a poetry reading by Joy Hendry, Norman MacCaig, William Neill and Iain Crichton Smith.
Includes letters of Valda Grieve, Brian Merriken Hill, Henry Mair, William Neill and Jim C Wilson.
`Vigil of Old Age: Poems` by Ólafr Gunnlaugsson., 1776.
Note by F Magnusson: `No. 47. Exemplar unicum existens. Titulus ipse manu filii ejus celeberrimi Eggerhardi Olavii est exaratus`.
‘Vinum aqua macerandum - poema heroicum' by Marcus Antonius Valentinus de Chantrayne.
At the end ‘Cecinit Marcus Antonius Valentinus de Chantrayne’.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.190) includes the reference: (Ao.5.1).
"Virgil's Æneis", translated into Scottish verse by Gavin Douglas (Edinburgh, 1710); the glossary is heavily annotated by John Jamieson.
There are some notes by O K Schram inside the front cover concerning this edition of Gavin Douglas's text.