The Poetry of Scotland: Gaelic, Scots, and English, 1380-1980Roderick Watson Edinburgh University Press, 1995 - 714 էջ For the first time, the full canon of poetry from Scotland is available to readers in one volume. The Poetry of Scotland presents all the major, and many less well-known Scottish poets in a broad historical perspective from the fourteenth century to the present day. Unlike other anthologies, it includes concise bibliographies of each writer, user-friendly notes, and poems in Gaelic with modern English translations. With contents listed by both chronology and theme, on-page glossaries and a full introduction by Roderick Watson, this is the definitive edition for students and lovers of Scottish poetry everywhere. |
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... leave to your sister Grace ? ' ' My bloody cloaths to wash and dress . ' ' What will you leave to your brother John ? " ' The gallows - tree to hang him on . ' ' What will you leave to your brother John's wife ? ' ' The wilderness to ...
... leave to your sister Grace ? ' ' My bloody cloaths to wash and dress . ' ' What will you leave to your brother John ? " ' The gallows - tree to hang him on . ' ' What will you leave to your brother John's wife ? ' ' The wilderness to ...
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... leave . Ah ! how tidy they seem as they stand on the green there most fitly arrayed in their tartans of red . Those hardy young gallants who are set now to leave you unstained and unblemished , nor weak without rule . There's a scar on ...
... leave . Ah ! how tidy they seem as they stand on the green there most fitly arrayed in their tartans of red . Those hardy young gallants who are set now to leave you unstained and unblemished , nor weak without rule . There's a scar on ...
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... leave you in quiet and our needle swings north . The sleepers toss and turn before waking : they feel through their blankets the cold of the malevolent bomb - thumped desert , impartial hostile to both . The laager is one . Friends and ...
... leave you in quiet and our needle swings north . The sleepers toss and turn before waking : they feel through their blankets the cold of the malevolent bomb - thumped desert , impartial hostile to both . The laager is one . Friends and ...
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JOHN BARBOUR 1320?1395 | 3 |
Death | 9 |
the camp followers tip the balance | 10 |
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160 այլ բաժինները չեն ցուցադրվում
Common terms and phrases
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