Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xvii • Introduction (The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse) • essay by Robert Crawford (1959-) and Mick Imlah
• xxx • Editors' Note (The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse) • essay by Robert Crawford (1959-) and Mick Imlah
• 32 • From Fergus [Old French] • (unknown) • poem by Guillaume Le Clerc
• 33 • From Fergus of Galloway: Knight of King Arthur • poem by Guillaume Le Clerc (trans. of From Fergus unknown)
• 48 • The Two Mice [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Robert Henryson
• 55 • The Testament of Cresseid [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Robert Henryson
• 73 • From Orpheus and Eurydice [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Robert Henryson
• 86 • Done Is a Battell on the Dragon Blak [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by William Dunbar
• 87 • From The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by William Dunbar
• 92 • The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis [Scots] • (1506) • poem by William Dunbar
• 110 • The Proloug of the Twelt Buik [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Gavin Douglas [as by Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld]
• 147 • The Royall Palice of Heichest Hewin [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Alexander Montgomerie
• 157 • Venus and Cupid [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Mark Alexander Boyd
• 160 • Sir Patrick Spens • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 171 • The Wife of Usher's Well • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 173 • The Great Silkie of Sule Sherry [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Anonymous
• 180 • Thomas Rymer • (unknown) • poem by uncredited (variant of Thomas the Rhymer 1803) [as by Anonymous]
• 187 • The Twa Corbies • (1947) • poem by uncredited [as by Anonymous]
• 192 • Polemo-Middinia inter Vitarvam et Nebernam [Latin] • (unknown) • poem by William Drummond of Hawthornden
• 193 • The Midden-Battle Between Lady Scottarvit and the Mistress of Newbarns • poem by William Drummond of Hawthornden (trans. of Polemo-Middinia inter Vitarvam et Nebernam unknown)
• 282 • Address to the Deil • (1786) • poem by Robert Burns
• 292 • Auld Lang Syne • (1788) • poem by Robert Burns
• 294 • Tam o' Shanter: A Tale • (1791) • poem by Robert Burns (variant of Tam O'Shanter)
• 315 • The Thirteenth Bard's Song • (unknown) • poem by James Hogg
• 317 • The Witch O' Fife • (unknown) • poem by James Hogg
• 348 • Why Do the Houses Stand • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by George MacDonald
• 361 • From The City of Dreadful Night • (unknown) • poem by James Thomson (1834-1882)
• 368 • Romance • (1911) • poem by Andrew Lang
• 370 • The Light-Keeper • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 372 • Requiem • non-genre • (1887) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 372 • Christmas at Sea • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 374 • Untitled • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 374 • To S. C. • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 376 • To S. R. Crockett • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 376 • The Lamplighter • juvenile • non-genre • (1885) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 377 • From a Railway Carriage • juvenile • (1885) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 377 • The Land of Story-Books • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 378 • To Any Reader • non-genre • (unknown) • poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 402 • Merlin • (unknown) • poem by Edwin Muir
• 405 • The Horses • (1960) • poem by Edwin Muir
• 407 • The Bonnie Broukit Bairn [Scots] • (unknown) • poem by Hugh MacDiarmid
• 472 • The Loch Ness Monster's Song • (unknown) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 473 • The First Men on Mercury • (1982) • poem by Edwin Morgan
• 474 • Cinquevalli • (unknown) • poem by Edwin Morgan