Manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar., Undated.
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.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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