Michael Bruce, Shepherd-poet of the Lomond Braes, 1746-1767

Adam Ferguson Alexander Bruce appears Arnot authorship ballad beauty belonging Bickerton biographer bird Bishop Hill bookseller Bruce's Poems Burns character claim composition copy correspondence Cuckoo Daphnis David Pearson Dr Anderson Dr Baird Dr Blair Dr Carlyle Dr MacKelvie Dr Robertson Dr Small early Eclogue Edinburgh edition Elegy Erskine evidence expression fact flowers Forest Mill Gairney handwriting Henry Mackenzie Hugh Blair Hymn interest John Anderson John Birrell Kinnesswood Kinross-shire Last Day later letter Leven Levina literary Loch Lochleven Logan Lycidas lyric mentioned Michael Bruce nature never o'er observe original paraphrases Pastoral Eclogue person pieces Poem-book poet poet's poetic poetry Portmoak Professor Ferguson publication published Ralph Erskine reader reason reference Robert Burns Runnamede says Scotlandwell Scottish sing song spring stanza sweet Tale of Levina Thomson tion vale Varro vernal verse volume writing written wrote young youth