Poetry.
Found in 2789 Collections and/or Records:
Volume of miscellaneous letters and a poem of Robert Louis Stevenson, together with letters of Sir Sidney and Lady Colvin concerning Stevenson.
The letters are unpublished unless otherwise stated.
Volume of miscellaneous poetic manuscripts by Lord Byron; with some related correspondence., 1808-1822, 1930-1973, undated.
Volume of poems containing principally 'Lyndha, a Grecian tale', in four cantos, in the hand of J Lyell, Dollar, followed by four poems on biblical and classical subjects in another hand, all apparently unpublished.
Volume of poems of Alexander Ross., 1753-1754, undated.
The volume contains "A Dream in Imitation of the Cherry and the Slae" (1753), folios 10-24; a set of four pastorals entitled "Religious Dialogues" (1754), folios 25-64; and Scriptural Paraphrases taken from the Old Testament, undated, folios 90-116. In this volume folios 22-24 have been bound after folio 38.
Volume of poems of Alexander Ross., 1761, undated.
The volume includes several Scriptural Paraphrases, "The Book of Job rendered in verse" (1761), folios 30-94 and a prose "Dialogue of the Right of Government among the Scots" (undated), folios 97-191.
Volume of poems of Alexander Ross., 1782, undated.
Volume of poetry, 1858-1862, of Corporal William Beattie Hadden, 42nd Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch), in India.
Volume of Robert Burns’ poems, in manuscript, undated, by an unknown transcriber.
The text appears to have been copied from the subscribers' edition of ‘Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect’ (Edinburgh, 1787). Between pages 36 and 37 is inserted a newspaper cutting giving an explanation of two lines in the second stanza of 'Death and Doctor Hornbook'.
Volume of unpublished poetry by Henry Murray Scott, a relative of the 4th Duke of Atholl.
Volume of verse and leaf-rubbings compiled by Jane Whitefoord as a gift for Christian Dalrymple., 1799.
Christian Dalrymple (1765-1838) was the heiress of Lord Hailes, being his daughter by his first marriage to Anne Brown. Although she inherited the Newhailes estate in 1792, the title passed to her cousin, James Dalrymple, who became 4th Baronet of Hailes. Christian Dalrymple did not marry. Her papers consist largely of family correspondence and her journals which provide a detailed record of her daily life over nearly forty years.
Volume of verse entitled 'Reminiscences of a cruise in H.M. Frigate le Egyptienne in the years 1804-5, when commanded by Captain the Honble. C.E. Fleeming, by Wm. Fras. Wolfe of H.M.S. York, 1839', addressed, with a letter of presentation, to Lord John Hay by W F Wolfe., 1839.
Volume of verse of Lieutenant Colonel James Dalrymple., 1752-1782.
The volume is inscribed by Anne Fergusson.
Volume of verse of Lieutenant Colonel James Dalrymple., 1752-1782.
Folio 25 has been mutilated.
Volume of verses, by various writers, all amateur and some possibly juvenile.
Volume VII of 'Collections from the Public Records of Scotland and various other sources illustrative of the history of the West Highlands and Hebrides (in the 16th & 17th centuries) and of the genealogies of the different families, made by Donald Gregory'., [1836, or before.]
Volumes of verse of Lieutenant Colonel James Dalrymple., 1752-1782.
Many of the poems have been copied into both volumes.
War diaries of Lt David Black Barclay, Royal Artillery, in North Africa and Italy.
Accession includes:
1. sketchbook, 1943-1944,
2. an earlier volume of poetry written by Barclay,
3. Barlcay`s wartime record kept by his wife, Annie.
"War Work", a collection of manuscript poems of Gavin Ewart.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1944-1945, 1980.
The notebook has also been used for drafts of later poems.
Wartime notebooks of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
‘Wizard Peter’ by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (Edinburgh, 1834), with notes and corrections by the author, and a presentation inscription to James Gibson Craig on the half title-page.
There are several manuscript insertions, including Charles Sharpe's draft of five verses, written on the back of a letter, 1832, from the printseller Hugh Paton (folio 2), and explanatory notes and variant readings by James Gibson Craig (folio 3).
Work by other authors collected by Hector MacIver., 1921-1954, undated.
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Work by other writers collected by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1939-1980, undated.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Work by others collected by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1936-1985, undated.
The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.