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Manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.4592/5

Scope and Contents

Includes the following poems in manuscript:

The Brisk World Birls About

The Fleur is White on the Tree

Nae Rest

Merry and Proud

Three Epigrams:

I Epitaph upon A Potential Poet Who Learned the Meaning of Every Word in the English Dictionary

II Epitaph on A Vegetarian who was cremated

III On An Ostrich At the Edinburgh Zoo Who Swallowed a Copy of the Old Testament

Includes the following signed typescript poems:

The Singing Bush

To the Spirit in the Sleeptime

The Return of the Cuckoo

Quest

Man

The Castle Rock - In Winter (Edinburgh)

Sonnet to Enrico Caruso

Seven Epigrams:

1. A Poet Dedicates His Verses To a Barber

2. On a Coiner

3. Upon One Who Writes Contradictory Footnotes, in Ink On the Books which I Loan to Him

4. For A Restrained Autobiography

5. On The Funeral Of a Wicked Fireman

6. Ripeness

7. For One Who Desired to See The End of the World

Dates

  • Creation: Undated.

Creator

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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