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The Oxford book of Scottish verse
Title:
The Oxford book of Scottish verse
JLCTITLE245:
chosen by John MacQueen and Tom Scott.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1966.
Physical Description:
xxix, 633 pages ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes indexes authors and first lines.
Contents:
Tristrem and the hunters / Thomas of Erceldoune -- The death of Alexander / Anonymous -- Prologue to the avowis of Alexander/ Incipit liber from the bruce / Fredome from the bruce / Before Bannockburn I from the Bruce / Before Bannockburn II from the Bruce / J. Barbour -- Macbeth / Andrew of Wyntoun -- The kingis quair / James I -- The buke of the howlat / R. Holland -- King Berdok / Colkelbie sow / Golagros and Gawane / Rauf Coilyear / Anonymous -- Schir William Wallace / Lament for the graham / B. Hary -- The testament of cresseid / The preiching of the swallow / The taill of the foxe / R. Henryson -- Prologue to the thre prestis of peblis / J. Reid -- Fane wald I luve / J. Clerk -- Allace so sobir is the micht / Mersar -- Honour with age / W. Kennedy -- To a ladye / Meditatioun in wyntir / Lament for the makaris / On the resurrection of Christ / Ane ballat of our lady / Remonstrance to the king / The petition of the gray horse auld dunbar / To the merchantis of Edinburgh / The golden targe / The tretis of the tua mariit wemen and the wedo / The dance of the sevin deidly synnis / The testament of Mr. Andro Kennedy / W. Dunbar.

The prologue to book VII from the aenied / The prologue to book XIII from the aenied / G. Douglas -- Thir lenterne dayis ar luvely lang / W. Stewart -- Four May poems / Anonymous -- Of the realme of Scotland / The compleynt of the comoun weill of Scotland / Squire Meldrum at Carrickfergus / After the flood / D. Lindsay -- Solace in Age / R. Maitland -- Christs kirk on the green / James V -- O maistres myn / Bayth gud and fair and womanlie / The well of vertew and flour of womanheid / Off womanheid ane flour delice / My hairt is heich aboif / From the bankis of helicon / Fairweill / Remeidis of luve / Thair is nocht ane winche / Till Christ / Go hart / The reid is the loch sayis / The bewteis of the fute ball / Quhy sowld nocht allane honorit be / Anonymous -- Of May / Quha is perfyte / Up Helsum hairt / Returne the hairt / To luve unluvit / A rondel of luve / A. Scott -- Epilogue to his book the sevin seages / J. Rolland -- To the queen / Gife langour / H. Stewart -- To Henry Constable and Henry Keir / To R. Hudson / To his maistres / A description of tyme / The solsequium / The night is neir gone / A. Montgomerie -- To his darrest friend / J. Stewart -- Of the day estivall / A. Hume -- Sonet / M. Boyd -- Adomonation to Montgomerie / James VI -- Sonnet 25 from Aurora / Sonnet 26 from Aurora / W. Alexander -- Upone tabacco / R. Aytoun -- In orknay / W. Fowler -- To sleepe / W. Drummond -- From polemo middinia / Anonymous -- His metrical vow / His metrical prayer / From Montrose to his mistress / J. Graham.

From oterborne / The fause knicht upon the road / The twa sisters / Lord Randal / Edward / The twa corbies / Tam lin / Sir Patrick Spens / Clerk Saunders / The wife of Ushers well / Archie of Cafield / The bonny earl of Murray / Son David / The bonnie laddies lang a grouwin / The dowie houms o yarrow / True Thomas / Anonymous -- The life and death of Habbie Simson the piper of Kilbarchan / R. Sempill -- Maggie Lauder / The gaberlunzie man / Tak your auld cloak about ye / Get up and bar the door / Waly waly / The bonnie house o airlie / Anonymous -- The twa books / My Peggy is a young thing / The carle he came o'er the croft / A. Ramsay -- Woo'd and married a' / A. Ross -- Winter / J. Thomson -- Johnnie cope / A. Skirving -- Tullochgorum / J. Skinner -- The flowers of the forest / J. Elliot -- To Mr. Alexander Ross / J. Beattie -- Epistle to the president vice presidents and members of the Scottish society of amtiquaries on being chosen a correspondent member / A. Geddes -- Braid Claith / Hallow fair / The rising of the session / The ghaists a kirk yard eclogue / Epigram / R. Fergusson -- From Arthurs seat / T. Mercer -- Logan braes / J. Mayne -- Address to the deil / The vision / To a mouse / To a louse / To William Simpson ochiltree / Death and doctor Hornbook / Address to the unco guid / Tam o shanter / Holy Willies prayer / Corn riggs / Of a the airts / Whistle o'er the lave o't / Willie brew'd a peck o maut / Tam glen / Such a parcel of rogues in a nation / A red red rose / Comin thro the rye / Saw ye bonie Lesley / A man's a man for a' that / Mary Morison / Rantin rovin robin / O wert thou in the cauld blast / Scots wha hae / Auld lang syne / R. Burns.

Caller herrin / The land o the leal / Nairne -- John Anderson my Jo / Ca' the yowes to the knowes / Somebody / Canadian boat song / The piper o' Dundee / Anonymous -- When the kye comes hame / McLeans welcome / Lock the door Lariston / J. Hogg -- The lay of the last minstrel / Lochinvar / The lady of the lake / Jock of Hazeldean / Pibroch of donuil dhu / MacGregors gathering / Lucy Ashtons song / Proud Maisie / Blue bonnets over the border / From Bonnie Dundee / W. Scott -- O are ye sleepin maggie / R. Tannahill -- Lachin y gair / So we'll go no more a roving / G. Gordon -- From the city of dreadful night / J. Thomson -- Where the lilies used to spring / In the shadows / D. Gray -- A mile an' a bittock / Ille terrarum / The spaewife / In the highlands / R. Stevenson -- The return / P. Macgillivray -- Thirty bob a week / J. Davidson -- William Wallace / Jesus / To the Christians / Hagar / Evening hymn in the hovels / F. Adams -- The last o the tinkler / Pride / V. Jacob -- The whistle / C. Murray -- Alas poor queen / M. Angus -- The prows o reekie / L. Spence -- Scotland / Lassie what mair wad you hae / A. Gray.

The falls of glomach / Suilven / Culbin sands / A. Young -- Comfort in puirtith / Shy Geordie / H. Cruickshank -- Merlin / Scotland's winter / The mythical journey / Scotland 1941 / Robert the Bruce / The confirmation / The fathers / The transfiguration / E. Muir -- Nocht o mortal sicht / B. Macarthur -- Villanelle / M. Simpson -- Crowdieknowe / The fleggit bride / Cophetua / The innumberable Christ / Empty vessel / O wha's the bride / The great wheel / The parrot cry / H. MacDiarmid -- The deean tractorman deleerit / The deean tractorman clear / E. Robertson -- The image o' God / Miner's wives / J. Corrie -- Stones / Glaisters hill / W. Jeffrey -- Scotland / A whigmaleerie / Supper / Auld sang / A riddle / The tryst / The makar / The auld house / The permanence of the young men / Song / W. Soutar -- The planticru / Shore tullye / R. Rendell -- Lintie in a cage / A. Stuart -- Men of the rocks / A. Drinan -- Glasgow street / Author unknown / Kinfauns castle / Estuary / Epitaph / Elegy / W. Montgomerie.

A new spring / The young man and the young nun / A. Mackie -- For the fly leaf of a school book / The unfinished race / The difused temple / Forgive me sire / Shepherdess / The dirty little accuser / N. Cameron -- Arctic convoy / J. Annand -- Sang / R. Maclellan -- To my mountain / Isis wanderer / Spell of creation / From beinn naomh / K. Raine -- Embro to the ploy / At Robert Fergussons grave October 1962 / Elegy / On seeing an aik tree sprent wi galls / R. Garioch -- My house / Sumburgh heid / The singers / G. Bruce -- Tuslag / T. Robertson -- Golden calf / Nude in a fountain / Celtic cross / Feeding ducks / By Achmelvich bridge / Aspects / N. Maccaig -- Womens wather / The constant north / J. Hendry -- Last launch / Winter homily on the Calton hill / For a wife in Jizzen / D. Young -- Ressaif my saul / The empty glen / C. Saunders -- Lean street / Letter to Anne Ridler / G. Fraser -- Epistle to John Guthrie / The mither's lament / Ye mongers aye need masks for cheatrie / The ineffable dou / Under the eildon tree elegy V / Leander stormbound / The mandrake hert / Cokkils / S. Smith.

Sonnet / Song / Flooer o' the gean / The two neighbours / G. Hay -- From the dark dialogues / Many without elegy / W. Graham -- Hurlygush / The exiled heart / M. Lindsay -- Gallow hill / W. Tait -- Idleset / T. Berwick -- First elegy for the dead in cyrenaica / The flyting o' life and daith / H. Henderson -- Calvinist sang / Coronach / Letter to Robert Fergusson / A. Scott -- Moses / S. Tremayne -- The second life / E. Morgan -- The old women / December day hoy sound / Stars / G. Brown -- Alien / Coronary thrombosis / University curriculum / W. Turner -- Peterhead in May / Nothing / Marcus Antoninus cui cognomen erat aurelius / Still and all / B. Singer -- John knox / Culloden and after / For angus macLeod / For my mother / I. Smith.
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