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Scottish poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Poetry album of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2090
Content Description This is an album dated 1861 belonging to Scottish poet Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, who was married to Arthur Antoine Czarnecki, a Polish exile residing in Scotland. The album primarily focuses on politically engaged poetry that vehemently protests against "Russian atrocities" while celebrating the triumph of Garibaldi in Italy.The volume comprises a variety of interesting elements, including original manuscript poetry written by Czarnecki herself. These poems are accompanied by...
Dates: 1861

Songs and poems, 18th century-1863

 Series — Box CLX-A-1121: Series Coll-1383/3; Series Coll-1383/5
Identifier: Coll-1383/5
Scope and Contents

Series containing poems and songs, printed and manuscript.

Dates: 18th century-1863

'The Pudding Bag' by Thomas Hudson, 1829

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1383/5/6
Scope and Contents

Eight verse song which appeared in Comic Songs by Thomas Hudson in 1829, with subject matter of Samuel Johnson's trip to Scotland in 1775.

Dates: 1829
f. 181v
f. 181v

Various additions, mostly Scots verse, early 16th century

 part
Identifier: MS 205/Scots
Contents This entry contains details of the later additions to this manuscript, most of which are in Scots verse, that have been added to the fly-leaves and blank pages. They seem to have been added in the early 16th century.f. ir (first fly-leaf, recto): Pen trials and inscriptions, including Johannes purde est presb[yteru]m and Preceptor coleis...
Dates: early 16th century

Verses, early-mid 18th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-2023/1
Scope and Contents

This series consists of fifteen manuscript poems by William Hamilton, some very similar to their published version, and some unrecorded and unpublished. See the item-level descriptions for more details.

Dates: early-mid 18th century