Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Poems of Pittendreigh Macgillivray.
In the hand of the author, includes a letter, 1938, to M. R. Locke.
Poems of Rob Donn Mackay.
Poems of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791., 4th quarter of 18th century.
Contains 156 poems: folios 2-15 recto, 42 verso-49, 59-79 are in the poet’s handwriting; the rest are written by an amanuensis, with notes or corrections by Robert Burns.
Poems of Robert Garioch., 1940-1949, undated.
Poems of Robert Garioch., 1940-1944.
The contents are as follows. (i) Copies of the first and second editions of ‘17 poems for 6d’ by Somhairle Mac Gill-Eathain (Sorley Maclean) and Robert Garioch, (Edinburgh, 1940) (folio l); (ii) Typescript of 'The Masque of Edinburgh', published in ‘Scottish Art and Letters’, number l (1944), pages 24-28 (folio 31).
Poems of Robert Garioch., 1944-1949, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) 'The Masque of Edinburgh' from ‘Scottish Art and Letters’, number l (1944), pages 25-28 (folio l); (ii) Typescripts of 'Embro tae the ploy' and 'Address tae Robert Fergusson', undated (folio 4). (iii) Inscribed copy of 'Chuckles on the Cairn', (Hayes, 1949) (folio l5).
Poems of Robert Mein on various Edinburgh subjects.
Poems of Sir Alexander Gray., [Circa 1918]-1955, undated.
Poems of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1941-1947, 1971-1973, undated.
Poems of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
'Copies of several of my father's poems' (folio i); 'these preceding poems were written down by my father himself. Those that follow were copied ... by different hands ... E.F.' (folio 15 verso).
Poems on Iceland sent to Magnusson., 1978.
'Poems on various subjects, written by James Cargill, Teacher, Edinburgh, 1834.' Sixteen short poems written in a small calligraphic hand.
'Poems on various subjects, written by James Cargill, teacher, Edinburgh.' Thirteen short poems written in a small, calligraphic hand.
Poems, original and translated from the Persian, all apparently by Sir John Malcolm, except one of John Leyden, written in what seems to be a feminine hand at the end of a copy of Malcolm’s 'Persia, a poem' (London, 1814), presented by the author to his sister Wilhelmina Malcolm.
The poem of John Leyden (folio 22) was written, probably in 1805, in reply to Malcolm's lines on his 'Scenes of Infancy' (Edinburgh, 1803).
Poems, prose pieces and music by various authors collected by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1942-1978, undated.
Many may have been sent to Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ for his opinion. A substantial number are unsigned and many are incomplete. They include part of a biography of John MacLean by James Maxton (folio 116), a chapter on the Celtic background of Scottish literature (folio 181), and part of an interview with MacDiarmid by Alexander Scott (folio 227).
'Poems serious & comicall by J.D. alias Macgregor'.
Poems, songs, and other papers of Henry Scott Riddell, in his autograph., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Poems translated from the German by James Geikie.
Poems, undated, of Allan Ramsay: elegiacs, beginning, 'Rideat usque suo et dilecto Phoebus alumno', and verses to 'Emma'., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.
Poems, verse and music of Moultrie R Kelsall., 1923-1941, undated.
`Poesies Diverses`; three satirical poems in French, the second of which is addressed to `Drummond`., 1753.
The folios have been misbound, and the correct order should be folios 163, 167-172, 164-166.