Poetry.
Found in 2783 Collections and/or Records:
Composite volume containing chiefly theological works and sermons., 1598, 17th century.
Composite volume made up of at least two music books containing five series of piobaireachd tunes., 1850-1890.
At the front (folio v verso) are basic music instructions. A poem is written on folio 53 verso. Many of the pieces have dates, ranging from 1850 (folio 10) to 1890 (folio 52). A leaf from the ‘Army list’, 1880, containing the names of the officers of the 26th Foot, is pasted inside the front cover. Three press cuttings are pasted inside the back cover.
Composite volume of 15th-century manuscripts of miscellaneous works by four hands bound together, with an incunable, in the 16th-century or earlier.
Composite volume of English origin containing two manuscripts of the 12th and 13th century; the 'Thebaid' of Statius, and the 'Aeneid' of Virgil
Composite volume of English origin, containing works of Ovid ('Fasti') and Claudian (major poems), the former of which belonged to Leicester Abbey.
Contents leaf and pages 25-360 of the 3rd or 4th edition of “The queen's wake” by James Hogg (Edinburgh, 1814 or 1815); with autograph corrections and additions by the poet which were incorporated into the 5th edition of 1819.
Copies, 17th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall`s renderings in Latin verse of the Psalms and the Song of Solomon.
The original was probably written after 1616, since it includes a dedicatory poem to Charles I as Prince of Wales.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Copies, 18th century, of various poems of Alexander Robertson of Strowan (folio 1); and poems of Caroline Oliphant, daughter of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask (folio 33)., ?18th century-?1st half of 19th century.
Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.
Indluding:
1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland
3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated
4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated
5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.
Copies, in a seventeenth-century hand, of the National Covenant and letters, petitions, poems, etc., connected with it, circa 1637-circa 1641., [Circa 1637-circa 1641.], 1717-1718, undated.
At the end are accounts, 1717-1718, undated (folio 72). Inside the end cover, "Archibald Law with my hand ye pen laid at God's command" is written, in a seventeenth-century hand which does not appear to be any of those represented in the manuscript.
Copies, in an early nineteenth century hand, of various letters, prose writings and speeches of Alexander Carlyle., Early 19th century.
The copies, in a volume ruled as a cashbook, appear to have been made with a view of their being printed; but it is not clear if this was ever carried out.
Copies, in various hands, of poetry and prose (mostly anonymous) in English, Latin, French, and Italian., [Early 19th century.]
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Copies, late 18th-century, of poems, 1769-1774, and undated, of Henry Erskine, with a few corrections by the author.
There is a list of contents on folio 1.
Copies, late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, of the ‘Grameid’ and other poems of James Philip of Almerieclose.
Copies of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to the Viscountess Melville, and of two poems, one in the autograph of James Hogg., 1821, undated.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of a letter, 1821, of Sir Walter Scott to the Viscountess Melville (folio 85);
Copy of two poems, both undated, one in the autograph of James Hogg, 'This world is a delightful place to dwell in', and the other not in Hogg's hand but found with it, 'Sing on, sing on, my boney bird' (folio 86).
Copies of correspondence of Alexander Christie and other papers, volume II: copies of letters, verse, etc., on Montrose politics; bound with Christie’s printed work on the same subject, ‘An address to the public’ (Montrose, 1790)., 1781, 1789-1791.
The papers particularly concern the building of a bridge, 1789-1791. There is also an address of Alexander Christie, 1781, and his commentary on the whole.
The caricatures on the plate facing page 56 of the printed book are identified by manuscript notes as (from left to right) David Scott of Dunninald, Provost Adam Glegg, and Alexander Christie himself.
Copies of 'Duanaire Gaedhilge', volumes 2-3, (Dublin, [undated]), edited by R Ni Ogain, with verses by George Campbell Hay., ?Mid 20th century.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copies of early poems of Sir Walter Scott in the hand of Henry Mackenzie., [Before 1831.]
The poems copied are 'The Erle-King', the Morlachian fragment, 'The Mermaid' (translated from Goethe's 'Fischer' and apparently unpublished), 'Glenfinlas', 'The Eve of St. John', and 'The Fire-King'. They contain variations from the printed versions.
Copies of Edwin Muir, "First Poems" (1925) and "Chorus of the Newly Dead" (1926), the former inscribed by Muir to John and Dorothy Holms.
Both annotated by Beatrix Holms
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1142, 1163, 1752-1783.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., 1724-1787.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.
Copies of French and English poems, anecdotes, etc., chiefly dated 1777-1787, some in the hand of Henrietta, Marchioness of Lothian., 1142, 1163, 1724-1787.
Included are occasional writings by the Marquise de Boufflers, Madame du Deffand and their circle, by C J Fox, Temple Luttrell and others, seven poems by Mrs Anne Hunter, political ballads, and anonymous verse.