Poetry.
Found in 1529 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, early 17th century, of ‘Historie and Chronicles of Scotland’ by Robert Lindesay of Pitscottie, written circa 1565., Circa 1565-1603.
Copy of a verse enigma, undated, by George Canning., 4th quarter of 18th century-1st quarter of 19th century.
Copy of an apparently unpublished poem beginning 'How shall I admire Your courage, ye Marine Adventurers', by William Crowe., Early 19th century.
Also included are an introductory note and instructions to the printer.
Copy of an ode by Antoinette Thérèse de la Fon de Boisguérin Deshoulières, with a lengthy criticism of it by Dr Cairon, a Huguenot refugee., 1687.
The criticism is followed (folio 160) by two sonnets of Cairon, one on the ode, and the other on the departure of the Marquis de Ruvigny for Ireland, ?1691.
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections., [1926, or after.]
Copy of 'Dain spioradail' (Edinburgh, 1867) by P Grannd, with an early poem by George Campbell Hay, and other notes., 1867, undated.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'Duain agus Orain' (Glasgow, 1882) by U Mac Dhunleibhe, containing poetic drafts by George Campbell Hay., 1882, [circa 1960.]
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'Duanaire Gaedhilge', volume 2 (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.
Copy of 'Duanaire Gaedhilge', volume 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.
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes by the poet., [1925, or after.]
Copy of 'In the Cairngorms' (Edinburgh, 1934), with a poem to Nan Shepherd, 'The Traveller' by Elspet Smith, 1919, written on the back flyleaf., 1934.
Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.
Copy of 'Nine; a magazine of literature and the arts', volume iii, number 1 (December, 1930), containing six poems by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with autograph corrections and explanations of Scots words., [1950, or after.]
The poems of Sydney Goodsir Smith are on pages 19-21 of the magazine.
Copy of 'On the hill of Marcus' (Aberdeen, 1977), inscribed by the author Dr Anna 'Nan' Shepherd'., 1977.
Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.
Copy of part II of ‘Mock poem, or Whiggs supplication’ by Samuel Colvil., Late17th century.
The name `Mr Samuel Collvill` is written on folio i.
Copy of part II of ‘Mock poem, or Whiggs supplication’ by Samuel Colvil., Late 17th century.
On folios 1-2 are two copies of ten lines of `Argument` adapted from the last twelve lines of part I of the poem. The name `Samuell Colvile` is written below the first of these.
Copy of 'The collected sporting verse of Will H Ogilvie' (London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1932); with an autograph verse, 1948, of Will H Ogilvie to A F Tschiffely on the half-title page., 1932, 1948.
Copy of “The fairy lovers’ days” compiled by Eleanour S Rohde (London, 1930), containing fair copies of poems by Marion Lochhead., 1952-1967.
Copy of ‘The golden stag’ (Oxford, 1932) by William Jeffrey, with Jeffrey's manuscript revisions., [1932, or after.]
Educated in Wishaw and at Glasgow University, William Jeffrey spent the rest of his career as a journalist in Glasgow. His literary work consisted of poetry, essays and criticism.
Copy of the Gulistān of Sa‘dī, probably of the early eighteenth century., 1258
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Copy of 'The hound and horn in Jedforest' (Jedburgh: T S Smail, 1909), by Thomas Scott Anderson; with an autograph verse of Will H Ogilvie on the front cover., 1909.
Copy of the poem, 'The hauntit wud' by Robert Tannahill., [Before 1811.]
Copy of ‘Under the Eildon tree’ (Edinburgh, 1948), by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with manuscript corrections and annotations by the author., [1948, or after.]
Most of Sydney Goodsir Smith's poems in Scots were published in literary periodicals and in several small volumes of his poetry. His 'Collected poems, 1941-1975' (London, 1975), contains a selection of his work and not the whole corpus.
Copy of verses, undated, by Donald Cargill, the covenanter., 17th century.
Copy of William Jeffrey's ‘Eagle of Coruisk’ (Oxford, 1933), with manuscript corrections by the poet., [1933, or after.]
Educated in Wishaw and at Glasgow University, William Jeffrey spent the rest of his career as a journalist in Glasgow. His literary work consisted of poetry, essays and criticism.
Copy, seventeenth century, of the satirical poem, 'La Rome ridicule' by Marc Antoine de Gerard, Sieur de Saint-Amant., [1643, or before.]
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.