Scottish poetry
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript poem entitled "On the Death of Mr Basil Hamilton”, 1742
Manuscript poem entitled "On the Death of Mr Basil Hamilton". Basil Hamilton, Esq., of Baldoon, was an M.P. for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. He died in November 1742, and the epitaph was written in December of the same year. Due to its controversial subject, only the first six lines were printed in Hamilton's Poems, 1760. It was not published in full until the 1850 edition.
Manuscript poem entitled: "On the melancholy Incident of a Young Lady who was present at the Execution of her Lover and after looking stedfastly & intrepidly on the dreadful Scene dy’d all at once in a most surprizing manner.”, c 1746
This poem is recorded in the famous Jacobite manuscript collection "The Lyon in Mourning" (1746-75) under the title "Upon a young lady, who died on seeing her lover, Mr. Dawson, executed on 30th July 1746".
Manuscript poem entitled: "Sir James Suttie”, 1736
Manuscript poem entitled: "Sir James Suttie", written in 1736. The 1760 published title was "Epitaph on Sir James Sooty." Small differences in wording to the printed version.
Sir James Suttie of Balgone, in East Lothian, died 4th May, 1730.
Manuscript poem, untitled, early-mid 18th century
This poem was first published in 1850. Note to the 1850 edition: "Here we have, in a classical parody, another memorial of the fair conquerors in the gay fists of last century. The poem is printed from the MS. volume, so far as we are aware, for the first time." In the 1850 published version, the poem has six lines at the beginning which are not in our version.
Manuscript poem, untitled, early-mid 18th century
Manuscript poem, unrecorded and apparently unpublished.
First and last lines:
"Cupid! What sounds invade my Ear / Dotheythus treat my faithful Peer"
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"That keep Wit Down & knowledge under / And seen in Heaven but for a Wonder".
Photocopy of the children's poetry book It's Nice to Be Me, 1943 (date of original)
Photocopy of It's Nice to Be Me, a children's poetry book by Stevenson originally published under the title Alister & Co in 1940 by US publisher Ferrar and Rinehart; and then published in 1943 in London by Methuen with two additional poems under the title It's Nice to Be Me.
Poem by David Wingate, 1863
12 stanza poem titled 'The Dorty Bairn' which relates to a girl called Lizzie Allan, and how difficult she is at the breakfast table. This poem was not included in Wingate's 1862 publication 'Poems and Songs'.
Poems, undated
File containing poems: "Man In Railway carriage" (short story and poem), "Meditations on an April Day", "Wintering", "Mister McGibbon", "Gold and Silver", "The Soul of the Mountains". Also includes "The Song of the Hag", lyrics composed by songwriter and great-granddaughter of Stevenson Fiona Bevan in 2023 for tea party in Moffat. Mixed of modern typed document, original typescripts and manuscripts, and copy of original typescripts and manuscripts. Undated.
Poems of William Hamilton of Bangour, Esq., ca. 1730-1750
Manuscript collection containing poems of poet and soldier William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754). The most comprehensive edition of Hamilton's poems (1850) is based on this manuscript.
Poetry, 1943 (date of original) - 1992
This collection consists of the papers of Edinburgh-born writer D. E. (Dorothy Emily) Stevenson. It includes manuscripts of some of her published books; manuscripts of short stories, plays, and poetry; notebooks with rough notes; texts of lectures and talks she gave to various audiences; texts of articles; biographies; photographs (copies) of Stevenson and family throughout her life, and an album with US newspaper cuttings mentioning her books.