William Dunbar
Who is William Dunbar
William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460 – died by 1530) was a Scottish makar, or a court poet active in the late fifteenth century and the early sixteenth century. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in Scots distinguished by its great variation in themes and literary styles. He was probably a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie. His surname is also spelt Dumbar.BiographyDunbar first appears in the historical record in 1474 as a new student or determinant of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St Andrews. Since the customary age for entering a Scottish university at this time was fourteen, a birth-date of 1459 or 1460 has been assumed. At St Andrews, he obtained a bachel...
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William Dunbar Poems
- To A Lady
Sweet rois of vertew and of gentilness,
Delytsum lily of everie lustynes,
Richest in bontie and in bewtie clear,
And everie vertew that is wenit dear,...
- On The Nativity Of Christ
Rorate coeli desuper!
Hevins, distil your balmy schouris!
For now is risen the bricht day-ster,
Fro the rose Mary, flour of flouris:...
- Lament For The Makers
I that in heill was and gladnèss
Am trublit now with great sickness
And feblit with infirmitie:-
Timor Mortis conturbat me....
- In Honour Of The City Of London
London, thou art of townes A per se.
Soveraign of cities, seemliest in sight,
Of high renoun, riches and royaltie;
Of lordis, barons, and many a goodly knyght;...
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- _aikat: "no state in erd here standis sicker;
as with the wynd wavis the wicker
so wannis this world's vanitie"
"lament for the makers", william dunbar
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"more sweetly play the dance" by william kentridge
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knew his twitter, that william dunbar.
timor mortis conturbat me.
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