Lyndsay, with all his ancient coarseness…maintained for two… - David Lyndsay

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Lyndsay, with all his ancient coarseness…maintained for two centuries, even among the precise, his position as the popular poet of Scotland.

David Lyndsay

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Sir David Lyndsay (or Lindsay) of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms (c. 1490 – c. 1555) was the leading Scottish poet and playwright of the mid-16th century; also a courtier, a diplomat, and his country's highest-ranking herald.

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Alternative Names: Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount • Sir David Lindsay of the Mount • Sir David Lindsay • Lindsay • Lindsay, David Sir

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That nicht he sleipit never ane wink,
Bot still did on the Ladie think.

Quhen the Sonne is at the hycht,
Att nonne quhen it doith schyne most brycht,
The schaddow of that hydduous strength
Sax myle and more it is of lenth.
Thus maye ye Juge, in to your thocht,
Gyfe Babilone be heych, or nocht.

He usually lacks the originality of Henryson and the brilliance of Dunbar and Douglas. But what there is of him is good all through.

Lyndsay, with all his ancient coarseness…maintained for two centuries, even among the precise, his position as the popular poet of Scotland. - David Lyndsay

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