Selected Poetry of William Dunbar (1456?-1513?)
from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services,
University of Toronto Libraries
© 2009, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to poems
In medicyne the most practicianis,
Lechis, surrigianis, and phisicianis,
Thame self fra ded may not supple;
Timor mortis conturbat me.
(Lament For The Makers, 41-44)
- Lament For The Makers
- To the City of London
Biographical information
Given name: William
Family name: Dunbar
Birth date: 1456?
Death date: 1513?
Nationality: Scottish
Education: St. Andrews University (M.A.): 1475 to 1479
Religion: Roman Catholic
Literary period: Renaissance
Occupations
Franciscan Monk
Court poet
Residence: East Lothian: 1456
First RPO edition: 1996-2000
