Poem quotations likened to Miss Beatson, 1867
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/77
Scope and Contents
Poem quotations likened to a Miss Beatson [possibly Margaret or Elizabeth Beatson, the daughters of the minister of Barraigh/Isle of Barra] 'Miss Beatson is like Word[sworth]'s A rosebud by a mossy stone, Half hidden from the eye...Or - A mossy rosebud down you know, Just op'ning fresh & bonnie...But more beautiful than either...is Oss[ian] Bha sgeimh mar sholaist ga h-eud eud (sic), Bha ceuma mar cheol nan dan.'
Dates
- Creation: 1867
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Language of Materials
Gaelic English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 88 folios ; 16.6 x 19.8 cm
Physical Location
5.07
Physical Location
folio 87v, line 1 to folio 87v, line 17
Bibliography
MacFarlan, Robert, The Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic vol. II (Highland Society of London, London, 1807), p. 108
Tannahill, Robert, 'The lass o' Arranteenie' Poems and Songs Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (London, 1815), pp. 141-142
Wordsworth, William, 'She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways', The Complete Poetical Works (London, 1888), p. 10.
Tannahill, Robert, 'The lass o' Arranteenie' Poems and Songs Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (London, 1815), pp. 141-142
Wordsworth, William, 'She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways', The Complete Poetical Works (London, 1888), p. 10.
Genre / Form
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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