Free William Dunbar: Selected Poems Compiled By William Dunbar Displayed In Digital

plesance heir is all vane glory,
This fals warld is bot transitory,
The flesche is brukle, the Fend is sle
Timor mortis conturbat me

The stait of man dois change and vary,
Now sound, now seik, now blith, now sary,
Now dansand mery, now like to dee
Timor mortis conturbat me

No stait in erd her standis sickir
As with the wynd wavis the wickir,
Wavis this warldis vanite
Timor mortis conturbat me This collection of medieval poems is full of the same virility, elegiac power, eroticism, and satire that colored the life of celebrated Scottish poet William Dunbar.
An introduction and extensive notes on his life and works, including his career as a priest and his royal employment, are also included.

William Dunbar bornordied bywas a Scottish Makar 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, From, Dunbar was employed at the court of James IV in a role for which he received an annual pension, His duties are not recorded but it is to this period that the bulk of his poetry can be dated, Several of Dunbars poems were included in the Chepman and Myllar prints of, the first books to be printed in Scotland, William Dunbar bornordied bywas a Scottish Makar 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, From, Dunbar was employed at the court of James IV in a role for which he received an annual pension, His duties are not recorded but it is to this period that the bulk of his poetry can be dated, Several of Dunbar's poems were included in the Chepman and Myllar prints of, the first books to be

printed in Scotland, sitelink.