Poetry.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts from the collection of Rev. Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.2152
Content Description
Gaelic manuscripts collected by the Rev. Donald MacNicol (1735-1802). MacNicol's collection arrived in the Library in 1951. From the late 1960s until its rediscovery in 2022, a part of the collection had been missing. This rediscovered part is listed here under its original reference number Acc.2152. The cataloguing is still to be upgraded in parts.Those manuscripts from the collection that had remained in the Library were re-numbered and catalogued separately before...
Dates:
ca. 1750-ca. 1900 and undated.
Manuscripts in German script., 1776, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5721
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) 'Die Erschaffung Adam und Eva' in the form of a libretto (folio 1);
(ii) 'Haubt Relation über das Churfürstenthum Bayern' (folio 17);
(iii) Miscellaneous verses (folio 69).
Dates:
1776, undated.
Manuscripts, in the author's hand, of poems by 'Fiona MacLeod' and William Sharp., [1882, or after-1905, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.8775
Scope and Contents
On the whole the manuscripts are fair copies, but there are a few examples of Sharp's composition at an earlier stage.The contents are as follows:(i) Poems of 'Fiona MacLeod’, chiefly published in “The works of 'Fiona MacLeod'”, volume vii (some exceptions are noted in the contents list) (folio 1);(ii) Poems of William Sharp chiefly published in ‘Selected writings of William Sharp’, volume i (some exceptions are noted in the contents list) (folio 65);...
Dates:
[1882, or after-1905, or before.]
Manuscripts of a poem and an article by Philip Stanhope Worsley., [1862, or after; 1875, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.4888
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript, undated, of a poem by Philip Stanhope Worsley, published as 'Night' in ‘Poems and Translations’ (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscript of an apparently unpublished article of Worsley reviewing ‘Poems and Songs’ by David Wingate (folio 2).
Dates:
[1862, or after; 1875, or before.]
Manuscripts of Agnes Ethel Mackay., 1940-1946.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26893-26894
Manuscripts of Donald MacPherson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14890-14895
Scope and Contents
Donald MacPherson is described in ‘Cairm’, volume 25, page 207. He was born in Laggan, Badenoch, about 1788 (MS.14891, page 124). He served in the 75th Regiment for fourteen years, and reached the rank of sergeant. On leaving the army he married Mary Stacey, a native of Richmond-on-Thames, and entered business as a bookseller at 54 Upper Ebury Street, Pimlico. In 1824 he published some of his English poems as ‘Melodies from the Gaelic’. This achieving some success, he proposed another work,...
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Manuscripts of early poetry, 1895-1905, and 'Orpheus' (revised, 1928) by George Donald Valentine., 1895-1905, 1928.
File
Identifier: MS.5179
Dates:
1895-1905, 1928.
Manuscripts of early short pieces of poetry by George Donald Valentine., Circa 1895-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.5178
Dates:
Circa 1895-1915.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from A-F., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8613
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from G-S., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8614
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from T-Y., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8615
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of four poems in the hand of Allan Ramsay.
File
Identifier: MS.5200
Scope and Contents
The poems are apparently extracted from a volume, the pages being numbered 89 to 104.
The titles are: 'The general mistake', published in ‘Poems’, 1728; and 'The Gods of Egypt', 'Ane epistle to A R on the poverty of the poets', and 'Answer', all three published in ‘Poems’, 1729.
The manuscript texts vary very little, except in spelling and punctuation, from the printed texts; that of 'The general mistake', however, lacks the first part of the final printed version.
Dates:
[1728, or before-1729, or before.]
Manuscripts of four poems: 'The lost Pleiad; a Story of the stars', "Griselda's song" (from Act IV, scene iii, of ‘Griselda’), 'The almond blossom', and 'The dirge of Adonis', by Edwin Arnold., 1855-1856.
File
Identifier: MS.4761
Manuscripts of Janet Adam Smith., 1919-1921.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/59
Scope and Contents
Containing:
'Prologue' and "The Tinker’s Tale", dated 25 November 1919.
Article written by Janet Adam Smith, aged 17, for Higher Certificate Class, “I want to make your flesh creep”, Fat Boy: Pickwick Papers’, undated.
'The Happy Isles', poem, undated.
'Oxford – June 192', poem.
Loose drafts of poems by Janet Adam Smith, undated.
Dates:
1919-1921.
Manuscripts of miscellaneous poems and verses by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1825-1863.
File
Identifier: MS.4919
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Originals and copies of verses, 1825-1829, written by William Edmondstoune Aytoun while a schoolboy at Edinburgh Academy, all apparently unpublished. (Folio 1.)(ii) Verse translations from the German of Goethe, presumably compiled by Aytoun for his ‘Poems and ballads of Goethe’ (Edinburgh, 1859) but all, with one exception, apparently unpublished. The titles are: “The shepherd's lament” (or 'Schafers Klagelied', there are two versions...
Dates:
1825-1863.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Manuscripts of miscellaneous prose works and a poem by James Hogg., [1819, or before; 1830, or before; 1831, or before; undated.]
File
Identifier: MS.4808
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of an article, 'Storms', first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", April and May 1819, in the series "The shepherd's calendar". (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of part of an article, 'The mysterious bride', first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", December 1830. (Folio 20.)(iii) Manuscript of a poem, "The King's anthem", published in "Blackwood's Magazine", January 1831, as part of 'Noctes liii'. (Folio 22 verso.)...
Dates:
[1819, or before; 1830, or before; 1831, or before; undated.]
Manuscripts of "Olaf's son", books XVI to end, 'first version', undated, and 'Medea in love', 1941-1942, by George Donald Valentine., [1936, or before], 1941-1942.
File
Identifier: MS.5191
Dates:
[1936, or before], 1941-1942.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Poetry of George Donald Valentine in manuscript and typescript.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of "Olaf's son" by George Donald Valentine.
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Manuscripts of "Olaf's son", 'first version', undated; and 'Medea in Love', 1941-1942, by George Donald Valentine.
Manuscripts of "Olaf's son", 'first version', undated; and 'Medea in Love', 1941-1942, by George Donald Valentine., [1936, or before], 1941-1942.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5188-5191
Dates:
[1936, or before], 1941-1942.
Manuscripts of parts of ‘Noctes Ambrosianae’ in the hands of James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, and John Wilson., 1825-1832, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.4854
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript in the hands of James Gibson Lockhart and William Maginn, of 'Noctes xlv', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, July 1829. (Folio 1.) The texts of three songs, beginning 'Monsieur Judas est un drȏle', 'Here Judas with a face where shame', and 'As from ken to ken I was going', are lacking. Jane Elliot's poem, 'The flowers o' the forest', occurs where James Hogg's poem, "O Love's a bitter thing to bide", occurs in the printed version. The...
Dates:
1825-1832, undated.
Manuscripts of poems and letters of Alexander Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11535
Dates:
1965-1987 and undated.
Manuscripts of poems and translations by Edwin Morgan (1920-2010).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27493-27494
Scope and Contents
Edwin Morgan was educated in Glasgow and joined the English Department of Glasgow University in 1947, becoming Titular Professor in 1975.
Dates:
1959-1984.
Manuscripts of poems by Charles and Minnie Mackay., 1883, 1885.
File
Identifier: MS.4845
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscripts of two poems, 'Two spirits', ?1885 (folio 1), and 'Liberty-equality-fraternity', 1885 (folio 7) by Charles Mackay.
(ii) Manuscripts of four poems, 'The song of a ship' and 'Three love letters' (folio 10) by Minnie Mackay ('Marie Corelli').
Dates:
1883, 1885.
Manuscripts of poems by Letitia Landon., ? 1832-? 1837.
File
Identifier: MS.42335
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts here are for 21 poems by Letitia Landon, published between 1832 and 1837.The poems have been ordered chronologically and by place of first publication.First published in ‘Heath’s Book of Beauty’, 1832 (title page 1833):‘The Mask’: folios 1-3;‘Leonora’: folio 4;
First published in ‘New Monthly’, 1836‘Ariosto to his Mistress’, first published in ‘New Monthly’, v. 46: folios 5-7;Songs II-IV first...
Dates:
? 1832-? 1837.
Manuscripts of poems by Ruth Munro.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26985-26987
Scope and Contents
Ruth Munro was the daughter of Robert Henry Munro, an Edinburgh hosiery manufacturer.
These manuscripts are fair copies of later poems written out in coloured inks, in covers decorated by the author.
All the poems in MS.26986 are also included in MS.26985.
Dates:
1942.