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9780713992380

The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse

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    9780713992380

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    0713992387

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Trafalgar Square
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Table of Contents

Introduction xvii
Editors' Note xxx
St Columba (521-597)
Altus Prosator/The Maker on High
2(10)
Edwin Morgan
Aneirin (?6th century)
from The Gododdin
12(2)
Joseph P. Clancy
Anon (?8th century)
The Dream of the Rood
14(10)
Robert Crawford
Mugron, Abbot of Iona (d. 980)
Cros Christ/Christ's Cross
24(4)
Thomas Owen Clancy
Anon (12th century)
Arann/Arran
28(2)
Thomas Owen Clancy
Earl Rognvald Kali (St Ronald of Orkney) (d. 1158)
The Attributes of a Gentleman
30(2)
Paul Bibire
Guillaume Le Clerc (William Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews) (d. 1238)
from Fergus
32(4)
Mick Imlah
Muireadhach Albanach O Dalaigh (fl. 1200-1224)
M'anam do sgar riomsa a-raoir/Elegy on Mael Mhedha, his Wife
36(6)
Thomas Owen Clancy
Anon (c. 1300
Qwhen Alexander our kynge was dede
42(1)
John Barbour (c. 1320-1395)
from The Bruce
43(2)
King James I (1394-1437)
from The Kingis Quair
45(3)
Robert Henryson (c. 1420-c. 1490)
The Two Mice
48(7)
The Testament of Cresseid
55(18)
from Orpheus and Eurydice
73(3)
Blind Harry (c. 1450-1493)
from The Actis and Deidis of the Illustere and Vailyeand Campioun Schir William Wallace, Knicht of Ellerslie
76(2)
Aithbhreac Inghean Corcadail (fl. 1460s)
A phaidrin do dhuisg mo dhear /O rosary that recalled my tear
78(6)
Derick Thomson
William Dunbar (c. 1460-c. 1520)
Hale, Sterne Superne
84(2)
Done is a Battell on the Dragon Blak
86(1)
from The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy
87(5)
The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis
92(3)
I That in Heill Wes and Gladnes (The Lament for the Makars)
95(4)
Anon (c. 1490-c. 1510)
Christis Kirk on the Grene
99(7)
Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld (c. 1474-1522)
The Proloug of the Sevynt Buik of Eneados
106(4)
The Proloug of the Twelt Buik of Eneados
110(9)
Sir David Lindsay (1490-1555)
from The Dreme of Schir Dauid Lyndesay
119(3)
Anon
from The Book of the Dean of Lismore (1512-1542): A Ughdar so Oisean/The Author of this is Ossian
122(4)
Derick Thomson
George Buchanan (1506-1582)
Ad Henricum Scotorum Regem/To Henry Darnley, King of Scots
126(2)
Robert Crawford
James (d. 1553), John (d. 1556), and Robert (d. 1557) Wedderburn
from The Gude and Godlie Ballatis: With huntis vp
128(2)
God send euerie Priest ane wyfe
130(1)
Alexander Scott (c. 1515-1583)
from Ane New Yeir Gift to the Quene Mary, quhen scho come first Hame, 1562
131(1)
Hence, heart
131(2)
Return thee, heart
133(1)
To love unluvit
134(1)
Sir Thomas Maitland (1522-c. 1572)
Sir Thomas Maitland's Satyr upon Sir Niel Laing
135(1)
Mrs Macgregor of Glenstrae (fl. 1570)
Cumha Ghriogair MhicGhriogair Ghlinn Sreith/Lament for MacGregor of Glenstrae
136(6)
Iain Crichton Smith
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
Sonnet IX from Sonnets to Bothwell
142(1)
O Domine Deus!
142(2)
Niall Mor Macmhuirich (c. 1550-c. 1615)
Soruidh slan do noidhche anreir/Farewell for ever to last night
144(2)
Derick Thomson
Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1555-1598)
Ane Dreame
146(1)
Sonet (Thocht Polibus)
146(1)
The Royall Palice of the Heichest Heiwin
147(1)
Alexander Hume (c. 1556-1609)
Of the Day Estivall
148(8)
William Fowler (1560-1612)
from The Tarantula of Loue (Vpon this firthe)
156(1)
Sonet. In Orknay
156(1)
Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601)
Venus and Cupid
157(1)
Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638)
Sonnet: On the River Tweed
158(1)
Upon Mr Thomas Murrays fall
158(1)
What Meanes this Strangeness
159(1)
Anonymous Ballads
Sir Patrick Spens
160(3)
The Battle of Otterburn
163(5)
Edom o'Gordon
168(3)
The Wife of Usher's Well
171(2)
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
173(1)
Get Up and Bar the Door
174(2)
Clerk Saunders
176(4)
Thomas Rymer
180(3)
The Wee Cooper of Fife
183(1)
Mary Hamilton
184(2)
Bonny Barbara Allan
186(1)
The Twa Corbies
187(2)
Anon
from The Bannatyne Manuscript, writtin in Tyme of Pest (1568): How the first Helandman of god was maid
189(1)
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
Sonnet (Sleepe, Silence Child)
190(1)
The Angels for the Natiuitie of our Lord
190(1)
The Oister
191(1)
All Changeth
191(1)
Polemo-Middinia inter Vitarvam et Nebernam/The Midden-Battle between Lady Scotstarvit and the Mistress of Newbarns
192(10)
Allan H. MacLaine
Arthur Johnston (1587-1641)
from Ad Robertum Baronium/To Robert Baron
202(4)
Robert Crawford
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650)
On Himself, upon hearing what was his Sentence
206(1)
Francis Sempill of Beltrees (c. 1616-1682)
Maggie Lauder
207(1)
from The Banishment of Poverty by His Royal Highness James Duke of Albany
208(2)
Mairi Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh/Mary Macleod (c. 1616-c. 1706)
Tuireadh/Blue Song
210(4)
Robert Crawford
Iain Lom/John Macdonald (c. 1620-c. 1710)
Oran Cumhaidh air cor na Rioghachd/A Lament for the State of the Country
214(4)
Meg Bateman
Sileas na Ceapaich/Cicely Macdonald (c. 1660-c. 1729)
from Alasdair a Gleanna Garadh/Alasdair of Glengarry
218(4)
Derick Thomson
Anon (?early 18th century)
Thig tri nithean gun iarraidh/Three things come without seeking
222(4)
Iain Crichton Smith
Allan Ramsay (1684-1758)
Lucky Spence's Last Advice
226(3)
To the Phiz an Ode
229(2)
Anon (18th century)
As I was a-walking by yon green garden
231(1)
Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair/Alexander Macdonald (c. 1695-c. 1770)
from Oran an t-Samhraidh/Song of Summer
232(2)
Derick Thomson
from Birlinn Chlann Raghnaill/Clanranald's Galley
234(4)
Hugh MacDiarmid)
James Thomson (1700-1748)
from Winter. A Poem
238(2)
from The Castle of Indolence
240(3)
David Malloch [Mallet] (1705-1765)
On an Amorous Old Man
243(1)
Jean Adam (1710-1765)
There's Nae Luck about the House
244(2)
Anon (18th century)
Waly, Waly
246(1)
Jenny Nettles
247(1)
Rob Donn Macaoidh/Robert Mackay (1714-1778)
Marbhrann do chloinn Fhir Taigh Ruspainn/The Rispond Misers
248(4)
Derick Thomson
Adam Skirving (1719-1803)
Johnnie Cope
252(2)
Iain Mac Mhurchaidh/John Macrae (d. c. 1780)
Dean Cadalan Samhach/Sleep Softly
254(2)
Derick Thomson
Donnchadh Ban Mac-an-T-Saoir/Duncan Ban Macintyre (1724-1812)
from Moladh Beinn Dobhrain/Ben Dorain
256(10)
Iain Crichton Smith
Jean Elliot (1727-1805)
The Flowers of the Forest
266(1)
James Macpherson (1736-1796)
from Fragments of Ancient Poetry
267(1)
Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)
Caller Oysters
268(2)
from Auld Reikie, a Poem
270(4)
To the Principal and Professors of the University of St Andrews, on their Superb Treat to Dr Samuel Johnson
274(3)
Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Mary Morison
277(1)
Holy Willie's Prayer
278(3)
To a Mouse
281(1)
Address to the Deil
282(4)
To a Louse
286(1)
from Love and Liberty. A Cantata
287(2)
Second Epistle to Davie
289(1)
To a Haggis
290(2)
Lines Written Under the Portrait of Robert Fergusson
292(1)
Auld Lang Syne
292(1)
Farewell to the Highlands
293(1)
John Anderson My Jo
294(1)
Tam o'Shanter. A Tale
294(6)
Ae Fond Kiss
300(1)
Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
301(1)
Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn
302(1)
A Red, Red Rose
303(1)
Is There for Honest Poverty
303(2)
Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
305(1)
Uilleam Ros/William Ross (1762-1790)
Oran Eile/Another Song
306(4)
Derick Thomson
Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
from a Winter Day
310(1)
Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne) (1766-1845)
The Heiress
311(1)
Will Ye No Come Back Again?
312(1)
The Land o'the Leal
313(2)
James Hogg (1770-1835)
from Kilmeny
315(1)
Charlie is my Darling
316(1)
The Witch o'Fife
317(2)
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Lochinvar
319(1)
Proud Maisie
320(1)
from The Lay of the Last Minstrel
321(1)
from The Lady of the Lake
322(2)
Robert Tannahill (1774-1810)
Eild
324(1)
The Tap-Room
324(1)
Thomas Campbell (1777-1841)
from Lochiel's Warning
325(1)
To the Evening Star
325(2)
Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
The Wee, Wee German Lairdie
327(1)
The Thistle's Grown aboon the Rose
328(2)
William Tennant (1784-1848)
from Anster Fair
330(3)
from Papistry Storm'd
333(2)
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Lachin y Gair
335(1)
She Walks in Beauty
336(1)
So, we'll go no more a roving
336(1)
from Don Juan
337(5)
Janet Hamilton (1795-1873)
Oor Location
342(2)
William Anderson (1805-1866)
I'm Naebody Noo
344(1)
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865)
from The Execution of Montrose
345(3)
George Macdonald (1824-1905)
Why do the houses stand
348(1)
William Macgonagall (1825-1902)
Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
349(2)
Alexander Smith (1830-1867)
Glasgow
351(4)
James Thomson (`B.V.') (1834-1882)
In the Room
355(6)
from The City of Dreadful Night
361(5)
Ellen Johnston (c. 1835-1873)
The Last Sark
366(1)
Marion Bernstein (fl. 1876)
Manly Sports
367(1)
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Romance
368(1)
James Robertson (1849-1922)
The Discovery of America
369(1)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
The Light-Keeper
370(2)
Requiem
372(1)
Christmas at Sea
372(2)
Untitled (The tropics vanish)
374(1)
To S. C.
374(2)
To S. R. Crockett
376(1)
The Lamplighter
376(1)
From a Railway Carriage
377(1)
The Land of Story-Books
377(1)
To Any Reader
378(1)
John Davidson (1857-1909)
Thirty Bob a Week
379(3)
A Northern Suburb
382(1)
Snow
383(2)
from The Crystal Palace
385(3)
Violet Jacob (1863-1946)
Tam i' the Kirk
388(1)
The Helpmate
388(2)
Charles Murray (1864-1941)
Dockens afore his Peers
390(3)
Marion Angus (1866-1946)
Alas! Poor Queen
393(1)
The Blue Jacket
394(1)
The Doors of Sleep
395(1)
Lewis Spence (1874-1955)
The Prows o'Reekie
396(1)
Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960)
The Princess of Scotland
397(1)
Andrew Young (1885-1971)
A Dead Mole
398(1)
The Stockdoves
398(1)
A Wet Day
399(1)
Helen B. Cruickshank (1886-1975)
The Ponnage Pool
400(2)
Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
Childhood
402(1)
Merlin
402(1)
Scotland 1941
403(1)
Scotland's Winter
404(1)
The Horses
405(2)
Hugh Macdiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) (1892-1978)
The Bonnie Broukit Bairn
407(1)
The Watergaw
407(1)
The Eemis Stane
408(1)
Scunner
408(1)
Empty Vessel
409(1)
from A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
409(2)
At My Father's Grave
411(1)
Of John Davidson
411(1)
On a Raised Beach
412(10)
The Little White Rose
422(1)
Perfect
422(1)
To a Friend and Fellow-Poet
423(1)
Scotland Small?
424(1)
William Soutar (1898-1943)
The Room
425(1)
The Philosophic Taed
425(1)
The Tryst
426(1)
Norman Cameron (1905-1958)
Meeting my Former Self
427(1)
Green, Green is El Aghir
427(2)
Robert Garioch (Robert Garioch Sutherland) (1909-1981)
The Wire
429(5)
Elegy
434(1)
Norman Maccaig (1910-1996)
Instrument and Agent
435(1)
Summer Farm
435(1)
Likenesses
436(1)
Basking Shark
436(1)
Wild Oats
437(1)
Return to Scalpay
437(2)
Praise of a Collie
439(1)
Intruder in a Set Scene
440(1)
Small Lochs
440(2)
Somhairle Macgill-Eain/Sorley Maclean (1911-1996)
Ban-Ghaidheal/A Highland Woman
442(2)
Calbharaigh/Calvary
444(1)
Muir-traigh/Ebb
444(2)
Glac a' Bhais/Death Valley
446(2)
Hallaig
448(4)
Ruthven Todd (1914-1978)
Of Moulds and Mushrooms
452(3)
Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975)
from Armageddon in Albyn: VII, The War in Fife
455(1)
The Grace of God and the Meth-Drinker
456(2)
Deorsa Mac Iain Deorsa/Georg Campbell Hay (1915-1984)
Bisearta/Bizerta
458(4)
W. S. Graham (1918-1986)
Malcolm Mooney's Land
462(4)
Loch Thom
466(2)
Elma Mitchell (1919- )
The Passenger Opposite
468(2)
Edwin Morgan (1920- )
Message Clear
470(1)
King Billy
471(1)
The Loch Ness Monster's Song
472(1)
The First Men on Mercury
473(1)
Cinquevalli
474(3)
The Coin
477(1)
Ruaraidh Macthomais/Derick Thomson (1921- )
Clann-Nighean an Sgadain/The Herring Girls
478(2)
George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
Kirkyard
480(1)
Hamnavoe Market
480(1)
Taxman
481(1)
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925- )
Evening - Sail
482(1)
The Boat's Blueprint
483(1)
The Cloud's Anchor
483(1)
Alastair Reid (1926- )
Scotland
484(1)
Iain Mac A' Ghobhainn/Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998)
The Clearances
485(1)
Old Woman
485(1)
Two Girls Singing
486(1)
Contrasts
486(1)
The Herring Girls
487(1)
Sgialachdan Gaidhlig/Gaelic Stories
488(4)
Na h-Eilthirich/The Exiles
492(2)
Stewart Conn (1936- )
Todd
494(1)
Under the Ice
494(2)
Aonghas Macneacail (1942- )
tha gaidhlig beo/gaelic is alive
496(2)
Douglas Dunn (1942- )
Landscape with One Figure
498(1)
St Kilda's Parliament: 1879-1979
498(3)
War Blinded
501(1)
Land Love
501(2)
Tom Leonard (1944- )
from Unrelated Incidents
503(1)
Jist ti Let Yi No
504(1)
Fathers and Sons
504(1)
Liz Lochhead (1947- )
Something I'm Not
505(1)
Neckties
505(2)
Frank Kuppner (1951- )
from An Old Guidebook to Prague
507(1)
John Burnside (1955- )
Dundee
508(1)
Autobiography
508(1)
Carol Ann Duffy (1955- )
Warming Her Pearls
509(1)
Words, Wide Night
510(1)
Prayer
510(1)
Robin Robertson (1955- )
Aberdeen
511(1)
Meg Bateman (1959- )
Aotromachd/Lightness
512(2)
W. N. Herbert (1961- )
The Socialist Manifesto for East Balgillo
514(1)
Coco-de-Mer
514(1)
Kathleen Jamie (1962- )
The Queen of Sheba
515(2)
Flower-sellers, Budapest
517(2)
St Bride's
519(1)
Don Paterson (1963- )
A Private Bottling
520(3)
The Chartres of Gowrie
523(2)
Biographical Notes 525(16)
Index of Poets 541(2)
Index of First Lines 543(8)
Acknowledgements 551

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