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Jean Elliot
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Jean Elliot (also Jean Elliot) (April 1727 – 29 March 1805), also known as Jane Elliot, was a Scottish poet. She wrote one of the most famous versions of The Flowers of the Forest, a song lamenting the Scottish army's defeat in the Battle of Flodden.
Quotes
The flowers of the forest are a’ wide awae.
The Flowers of the Forest. Note: This line appears in the “Flowers of the Forest,” part second, a later poem by Alison Cockburn. See Dyce’s “Specimens of British Poetesses,” p. 374.
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Category:Poets from Scotland
Category:Women authors from Scotland
Category:1727 births
Category:1805 deaths
Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners