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Hamewith
Some of the verses in Hamewith appeared originally in The Scots Observer, The National Observer, Black and White, The Outlook, The Spectator, Chambers's Journal, and other papers; and a number of them were published in volume form in 1900 by Messrs. D. Wyllie and Son, Aberdeen. Many new poems appear for the first time.
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About the Publisher: Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- GenresPoetry
167 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1900
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About the author
Charles Murray
6 booksCharles Murray was a poet who wrote in Scots.
He was born and raised in Alford in north east Scotland, but wrote much of his poetry while living in South Africa where he spent most of his working life as a civil engineer. His first volume, A Handful of Heather (1893), was privately printed and he withdrew it shortly after publication to rework many of the poems within it. His second volume, Hamewith (1900), was much more successful. It was republished five times before he died and it is this volume for which he is best known. The title of the volume, which means Homewards in English, reflects his expatriate situation.
He served in the Armed Forces during the Second Boer War and the First World War and in 1917 produced the volume, The Sough o' War. He published his last volume, In the Country Places, in 1920.
He returned to Scotland when he retired in 1924 and settled in Banchory, where he died in 1941. After his death a final volume of poetry, The Last Poems, was published by the Charles Murray Memorial Trust in 1969.
He was born and raised in Alford in north east Scotland, but wrote much of his poetry while living in South Africa where he spent most of his working life as a civil engineer. His first volume, A Handful of Heather (1893), was privately printed and he withdrew it shortly after publication to rework many of the poems within it. His second volume, Hamewith (1900), was much more successful. It was republished five times before he died and it is this volume for which he is best known. The title of the volume, which means Homewards in English, reflects his expatriate situation.
He served in the Armed Forces during the Second Boer War and the First World War and in 1917 produced the volume, The Sough o' War. He published his last volume, In the Country Places, in 1920.
He returned to Scotland when he retired in 1924 and settled in Banchory, where he died in 1941. After his death a final volume of poetry, The Last Poems, was published by the Charles Murray Memorial Trust in 1969.
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August 24, 2018
I’m away from home, and so must have a falsely distinctive version of it. (“Thir’s a pig in ilka bed.”) Murray’s poems about Aberdeenshire were written from South Africa, and they’re funny and surprisingly brutal. Some jingoism too, unfortunately, though check out ‘Dockens Afore His Peers’ for subversion. He avoids the kailyard by focussing on tatties instead (the Classics, drunks and work-sore backs, over the lad o’ pairts and the light on the rapeseed).
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