John Home

right|thumb|165px|John Home John Home (22 September 1722 – 5 September 1808) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Quotes Douglas (first performed 1756) In the first daysOf my distracting grief, I found myselfAs women wish to be who love their lords. Act i, scene 1. I'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides. Act i, scene 1. My name is Norval; on the Grampian hillsMy father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain,Whose constant cares were to increase his store,And keep his only son, myself, at home. Act ii, scene 1. A rude and boisterous captain of the sea. Act iv, scene 1. Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die. Act v, scene 1. References to Home's work "Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare nou?" Spectator at early performance of Douglas. Hugh MacDiarmid, the twentieth century pioneer of the Scottish Renaissance, included the following lines in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1922): My name is Norval. On the Grampian hills It is forgotten, and deserves to beMacDiarmid, Hugh A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, ed. K. Buthlay (Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987), l.2192-5 References External links Author:John Home Category:Poets from Scotland Category:Playwrights from Scotland Category:Academics from Scotland Category:Historians from Scotland Category:Educators from Scotland Category:1722 births Category:1808 deaths