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William Dunbar

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To God be humble, to thy friend be kind, and with thy neighbors gladly lend and borrow; His chance tonight, it maybe thine tomorrow.


— William Dunbar


#be kind #borrow #chance #friend #gladly

A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.


— William Dunbar


#does #handicapped #know #lawyer #men

All love is lost but upon God alone.


— William Dunbar


#god #lost #love #love is #upon

London, thou art the flower of cities all!


— William Dunbar


#cities #flower #london #thou #thou art

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false world is but transitory.


— William Dunbar


#glory #here #our #transitory #vain

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.


— William Dunbar


#despair #emotional #full #ironic #mirth






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Since the customary age for entering a Scottish university at this time was fourteen a birth-date of 1459 or 1460 has been assumed. Several of Dunbar's poems were included in the Chepman and Myllar prints of 1508 the first books to be printed in Scotland. Examples of this type are The Satire on Edinburgh The General Satire the Epitaph on Donald Owre and the powerful vision of The Dance of the Sevin Deidlie Synnis.

He was closely associated with the court of King James IV of Scotland and produced a large body of work in Scots distinguiWilliam Dunbard by its great variation in themes and literary styles. This article is about the Scottish poet for other people of this name see William Dunbar (disambiguation).

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