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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 1771 - 1832

Biography

For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.

Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1883 to 1887

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing material collected mostly in An Apainn/Appin and Lios Mòr/Lismore, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire. A large proportion of the stories and biographical information about Appin was collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, who was known as Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair. Amongst the material collected from Dòmhnall a' Bhrocair are proverbs, sayings, customs, stories about local figures and families and historic anecdotes. The other main...
Dates: 1883 to 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, written out by Susan Ferrier, 1814

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/10
Scope and Contents

Song for the anniversary meeting of the Pitt Club of Scotland, 1814. Authored by Sir Walter Scott, and taken down by Miss [Susan] Ferrier.


Begins: 'O dread was the time [and] more dreadful the omen / when the brave on marching lay slaughter'd in vain...'


Song is compiled of 5 verses, each spanning 8 lines. Dramatic and nationalistic is invoked through broad iambic tetrameter and an approximate ABAB rhyme scheme.

Dates: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot