Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Diary and account-book of the Reverend Dr Robert Douglas, minister of Galashiels, of a trip to Buxton, Matlock, and Llangollen, 10 June-21 August 1795, with miscellaneous poems and riddles., 1795.
There is also a copy of a commentary on the diary with extracts from it, compiled by T Craig-Brown, and published in ‘The Border magazine’, June 1918, with a related letter, 1918.
Diary containing a record, 7 December 1829-23 September 1831, kept by Robert Cadell of his conversations with Sir Walter Scott., 1829-1831.
The principal subject is Walter Scott's works and financial affairs, but conversations with members of Scott's family and others are also noted.
The manuscript and proof of a verse written by Scott for ‘Count Robert of Paris’ have been inserted (folios 88a-88b).
The conversations are followed (folio 124) by a 'Memorandum as to what passed at Abbotsford on the day of the funeral', 1832.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of a tour in England, with particular reference to visits to Oxford and London., August 1823.
Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill of the Volunteer Review at Holyrood, and of a trip to Strachur in 1860, and to Liverpool in 1861., 1860-1861.
Didactic poems, written in France.
Digital archive of Don Paterson, with two notebooks.
Disbound notebooks containing manuscripts of early 19th century religious and other poetry attributed to or inscribed by Donald Cameron, 1815-1836, and John Morrison, Harris [?Gobha na Hearadh], 1836., 1815-1836.
'Disputationes in octo libros physicorum' a volume of lecture notes taken from lectures on mathematics, physics, and astronomy, given by George Sinclair, Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow University., 1660-1661.
The name most often recorded in the book is that of Alexander Hamilton, possibly of Dalzell. The names of John Shaw and James Hamilton also appear. In addition to the main lectures on Aristotle's ‘Physics’, there is also part of a tract on anatomy (folios 119-125), and a short poem, 'The abstract of melancholie' (folio 105). This volume is discussed by Hugh Kearney in ‘Scholars and gentlemen, universities and society in pre-industrial Britain, 1500-1700' (London, 1970) pages 136-137.
'Divine aenigms and pious problems', poems by John Donne, son of Dr John Donne, Dean of St Paul's.
The poems are dedicated to Francis, Baron Newport, afterwards Earl of Bradford. There are three illustrative diagrams, the ‘ensignes’ of the twelve Patriarchs, and ‘an index of most remarkable matters’.
Doggerel verses concerning Patrick Adamson and George Gladstanes, Archbishops of St Andrews, 1575-1592 and 1604-1615 respectively., 1622, undated.
The work is introduced by 'The preface of the lyf of the pretendit Bishope of Sct. Androis, 1622’ (folio 2), and is followed by 'The legend or discourse of ye lyffe, conversa[ti]ane and qualities of the Tulchan Bishop of St. Androis sett furth be R.S.' (folio 4); 'The legend of umqll. Mr. George Gledstanes, Archbishope of St. Androis' was added later in the same hand (folio 18).
Donald Smith’s Irish miscellany.
Doubtful and unrelated poems., ca. 1945
Draft texts and translations of the following songs: "Òran do Mhac Fhionghuin an t-Stratha" ("Song to Mackinnon of Strath", Gaelic version only); "Iorram" (Biodh an uidheam so triall, "Let this company travel"); "Rannan eadar Domhnull Gruamach agus Iain Lom" ("Iain Lom and Donald Gruamach"); "Brian agus Iain Lom" ("Brian and Iain Lom").
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Draft manuscript of 'No Scottish twilight' (1947), edited by Maurice Lindsay and Fred Urquhart, with assorted literary manuscript material.
Draft poetry and prose of Bill Sutherland.
With press cuttings, two audio cassettes and copies of 4 publications by Bill Sutherland: 'A Clydeside Lad' (Clydeside Press, 1990); 'Highflats sonnets and other jokes' (n.p., n.d.); 'The Anatony of Wavie McSurd' (Dumbarton: The Author, n.d.); 'Sonnets of a year' (?Dumbarton: ?The Author, n.d.).
Drafts and copies of poems of William Mickle, not all in Mickle's hand., [?1751-?1788.]
A list of those poems which were published, including “There's nae luck about the house”, has been inserted.
For the background to 'Prospects of liberty and of slavery' (Folio 86), see “Mickle, Boswell, liberty, and the ‘Prospects of liberty and of slavery’” by Monica Letzring in ‘Modern language review’, volume 69, pages 489-500.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Drafts and texts of poems of Graham Brown., 1898-1931, undated.
Containing:
(1) ‘The Valley of Lost Friends and Other Verses’ (in typewriting)
(2) various poems 1924-6 (in typewriting; most undated)
(3) carbon copy of no.214 (2)
(4) various poems, 1898-1931, a few prose compositions, n.d., and a few poems by others, 1922-4, n.d., mostly in typewriting
(5) drafts and fragments of poems 1914-31
(6) fragments of poems 1922-4, n.d.
(7) drafts of poems by others
Drafts and translations of poems and plays by Edwin Morgan., 1959-1984.
Drafts of Alan Bold, "A Celtic Quintet".
With proofs and litho plates.
Drafts of 'Farewell to the Farm', by Robert Louis Stevenson, with notes by George S Hellman., [1885, or before.]
Drafts of letters of Valda Grieve and miscellaneous papers., 1929-1986, undated.
(i) The drafts of letters of Valda, ?1934-1985, undated begin on folio 1. Some of them are in Christopher Murray Grieve’s, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” hand. There are also some notes for speeches and a few poems. (ii) The miscellaneous papers, including newspaper cuttings and photographs, 1929-1986, undated, begin on folio 32.
Drafts of original poems and translations by Robin Fulton., 1963-1968.
A typescript note by Fulton, 1968, describes his method of working (folio i).