Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves., [Circa 1957-1959.]
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves, with notes on the author., [Circa 1957-1959.]
Poems of Boris Pasternak translated into English and Italian by John Purves; with notes on the author., [Circa 1957-1959.]
Poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' published as ‘Sangschaw’., [1925, or before], undated.
The papers include an early list of contents (folio 1), some typescripts (folio 2), and an undated manuscript copy, possibly made in the 1960s (folio 4). The copy does not include the foreword by John Buchan or the opinions on Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry, but is otherwise complete.
Poems of --Drummond of Balloch, apparently unpublished.
The volume is principally made up of the long poem `Phyllis. In four sections`, but only the first two sections appear. Two other poems, `Riddles` (folio 66 verso) and `Aenigmatum Centuria altera` (folio 78) complete the manuscript.
There is an inscription on the flyleaf: `Conditur exigua Lepidus Ballocus in Urna/ Cui natura parens, sorsque noverca fuit.’
Poems of Eric Linklater., 1922-1945, undated.
Poems of George Algernon Fothergill inspired by Robert Burns.
The poems covers observations on Burns Nights, as well as on whisky and haggis.
Fothergill noted that he resided at the Craigiehall Estate, just outside Edinburgh, when he wrote all but three of the poems. This view appears repeatedly throughout the volume.
Poems of George Lauder, transcribed, 17th century, chiefly from printed copies indicated in the manuscript.
Poems of George Mackay Brown, including acrostic poems, and other poems included in Christmas cards.
Poems of George Sutherland Fraser, with other poems translated by Fraser., Undated.
Poems of Hafez of Shiraz.
Diwan-i Hafiz, includes poems in Persian.
Poems of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, chiefly in his autograph.
Poems of John Donne transcribed by William Drummond of Hawthornden; and notes on civil law taken by William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., 1580-early 17th century.
The contents are as follows.
'Thirre poems belonginge to Jhon Don transcribed by William Drummond', used in John Donne's ‘Poems’ (Oxford, 1912), edited by Herbert J C Grierson. (Folio 1.)
Notes and accounts in the hand of Sir William Drummond. (Folios 1 verso, 39 verso-40.)
Notes on civil law taken by William Fowler in Paris (folio 49), signed, 1580 (folio 65).
Poems of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1853-1856.
Most of the manuscript consists of 'Rhymed Reason', a didactic poem annotated by the author.
Poems of John Gibson Lockhart, in his hand: 'Farewell to the Year', from a German ‘Taschenbuch’ of 1828, and 'To the Virgin' and 'Prayer', from the Spanish., [1828, or after], undated.
Poems of John Johnston, with numerous corrections by the author.
Poems of John Skinner (1721-1807), Episcopal Minister at Longside, in the hand of George Skene, Episcopal Minister at Forfar.
Inserted (folio iv) is a letter addressed to the donor, the Very Reverend Alan C Don, about a reference to another manuscript of John Skinner's poems in P Buchan, ‘The smugglers of Peterhead’.
Sixteen of the poems appear to be unpublished.
Poems of John Skinner, Episcopal Minister of Longside, in the author’s handwriting.
The poems are all apparently unpublished except the ‘Letter to a Friend, on giving up a farm’, which differs from the printed version. The poems are followed by prose excerpts from Ossian in another hand.
Poems of Maria D Richards., 1828-1834.
Poems of Marion Coleman and extracts from unidentified sources, undated., Mid 19th century.
The poems and extracts are on leaves from notebooks (folios1, 45, 62) and other loose leaves.