Poems of Poet Andrew Lang : Poet Andrew Lang was Poet, critic and writer was born in Selkirk in 1844 and had many interests that ranged from folklore and psychic phenomena to the Greek classics and journalism. Although not coming from an exceedingly well to do family for the time, and being the oldest child of eight, Lang did benefit from a good education and went onto become one of the most prolific writers Scotland has ever produced.
He attended grammar school in his home town of Selkirk before going to the Edinburgh Academy and earning a place at the prestigious University of St Andrews. From there he went on to Oxford where he further studied the classics such as Homer as well as the poetry of France. By this time he was also writing his own compositions and his first published effort in 1872 went under the title of Ballads and Lyrics of Old France. Lang finally died at the age of 68 in 1912 whilst living in Banchory, Aberdeenshire.
Poems of Poet Andrew Lang
- A highly valuable chain of thoughts
- A Scot to Jeanne D’Arc
- Aesop
- Ballades II – Of the Book-Hunter
- Ballades III – Of Blue China
- Ballades IV – Of Life
- Ballades V – Of His Choice of a Sepulchre
- Les Roses de Sâdi
- Melville and Coghill – The Place Of The Little Hand
- On Calais Sands
- Three Portraits of Prince Charles
- Amos Bronson Alcott Poems
- Alfred Domett Poems
- Alfred Biddleton McCreary Poems
- Alexander Smith Poems
- Alexander Macgregor Rose Poems
