Poetry.
Found in 1258 Collections and/or Records:
`Flótte mannlegs lífs eður dauðadans`: a translation into Icelandic verse of a work written in Danish by Thomas Lauritzson.
Four anonymous Jacobite poems, of which three concern Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
Four audio cassettes containing recordings of poetry readings and a lecture by Gavin Ewart.
Four letters, 1823 and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838 and undated, of Grace Welsh to Isabella McTurk.
Includes:
1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;
2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.
Four letters, [1823], and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838, and undated, of Grace Welsh, to Isabella McTurk, mainly concerning personal matters.
Includes:
1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;
2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.
Four letters, 1874-1884, of Thomas Stevenson to Peter G Tait, with one, 1886, to Mrs Tait.
Includes:
sonnets, 1858, of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, sent to Mrs Tait.
two documents, undated, concerning H S Reid, one being the text of the dedication of a chapel.
Four letters of Allan Cunningham.
One letter concerns a bust of John Keats.
With a poem, 1843, of James Montgomery, "The Dying Girl`s Request".
Four letters of W S Graham and his wife Nessie to Nataly Nesterenko; with two possibly unpublished poems of W S Graham.
Nataly Nesterenko was married to William Featherston, a Canadian artist, and the couple were friends of W S and Nessie Graham. The friendship survived the Featherston`s divorce and the letters show the Graham`s concern for Nataly Nesterenko during a difficult period in her life. The two typescript poems are untitled, but the first lines are ...
Four poems of Felicia Hemans one forming part of a letter to Miss Maynard, Bristol.
Four typescripts of Naomi Mitchison, "The Cleansing of the Knife", "A Matter of Behaviour", "Conversation with an Improbable Future" and "Statement of an Imaginary Situation".
Fragment of the border ballad 'Outlaw Murray'.
In Sir Walter Scott's hand and collected for Scott's 'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' with variations from teh published version.
Fragments of at least 7 and perhaps 8 manuscripts on medicine and astrology, some, if not all, English.
A and E may be in the same hand and from the same manuscript.
Fragments of the Kilbride collection, in Gaelic, consisting of poems illustrating the life of Colum-cille, part of a tale of Caithréim Conghail Cláiringhnigh, and a contract between Duncan MacDougall and his servitor.
Framed copy of an anonymous poem given by George Campbell Hay to his mother.
Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.
A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.
The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.
Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.
Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).
Further papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Further papers of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
This small collection includes correspondence, drafts of late poems and typescript of `Winged Afar`, an unpublished work. The correspondence includes letters, 1979-2005, of August Kleinzahler.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.
The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).