A Prayer [var. of 'O Thou Dread Power']*
MS Details
ID: 10
Repository: National Library of Scotland
Call No: MS 661
MS Title: A Prayer [var. of 'O Thou Dread Power']*
Type: Verse
Paper Details
Paper: Laid
Dimensions (mm): 285H 163W
Chain Lines: 6
Chain Width: 1"
Chain Direction: Vertical
Countermark: GR
Notes
Description:
2 sheets of paper stuck together, with last 2 verses on 2nd leaf stuck to 1st. Trimmed edges. 3 horizontal folds approx 3 1/4". Ink on paper. Burns's hand.
Previously recorded information:
"The MS in the National Library of Scotland may be the original version left by Burns at Loudoun; it was given to the Library by Louisa Lawrie, a descendant of the minister." Kinsley, Poems K132
Notes:
3 parts ms *variant of 'O Thou Dread Power' with different first line which later later reappears as first line in 'A Grace After Dinner'/'Grace after Meat', publ. Edinburgh Evening Courant 1789. Ms includes 1 holograph poem plus 1 later sheet paper with various notes in different hand. Cf. Entry 11.
Reference: K132; cf. K267
Document Images
10_1_NLS_Prayer
10_2_NLS_Prayer_Lbox
Watermark Images
10_3_NLS_Prayer_WM
