He had two collections of Latinpoems published, in 1590 and 1592, at a time when he was teaching at the College of Guienne in Bordeaux. He returned to Scotland in 1596, and died back in Ayrshire on 10 April 1601. He is now remembered for one poem in Scots, the Sonnet of Venus and Cupid, which was attributed to him by Arthur Quiller-Couch in 1900, and which Ezra Pound called "the most beautiful sonnet in the language"[1]
Marci Alexandri Bodii Scoti Epistolae quindecim, quibus totidem Ovidii respondet. Accedent & ejusdem elegiae, epigrammata, illustriumque mulierum elogia. Bordeaux: Simon Millanges. 1590. p. 122.
mark, alexander, boyd, january, 1562, april, 1601, scottish, poet, soldier, fortune, born, ayrshire, scotland, father, from, penkill, carrick, ayrshire, educated, under, care, uncle, archbishop, glasgow, james, boyd, trochrig, young, left, scotland, france, wh. Mark Alexander Boyd 13 January 1562 10 April 1601 was a Scottish poet and soldier of fortune He was born in Ayrshire Scotland His father was from Penkill Carrick in Ayrshire He was educated under the care of his uncle the Archbishop of Glasgow James Boyd of Trochrig As a young man he left Scotland for France where he studied civil law He took part in the French Wars of Religion serving in the army of Henri III Mark Alexander BoydBorn13 January 1562Ayrshire ScotlandDied10 April 1601 1601 04 10 aged 39 He had two collections of Latin poems published in 1590 and 1592 at a time when he was teaching at the College of Guienne in Bordeaux He returned to Scotland in 1596 and died back in Ayrshire on 10 April 1601 He is now remembered for one poem in Scots the Sonnet of Venus and Cupid which was attributed to him by Arthur Quiller Couch in 1900 and which Ezra Pound called the most beautiful sonnet in the language 1 Contents 1 Works 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksWorks EditMarci Alexandri Bodii Scoti Epistolae quindecim quibus totidem Ovidii respondet Accedent amp ejusdem elegiae epigrammata illustriumque mulierum elogia Bordeaux Simon Millanges 1590 p 122 Epistolae Heroides et Hymni 1592 2 Sonnet of Venus and CupidReferences Edit Pound Ezra 1934 p 134 Boyd Mark Alexander 1592 Epistolae Heroides et Hymni Jerome Haultin La RochelleBibliography EditPound Ezra ABC of Reading 1934 New Directions reprint ISBN 0 8112 1893 7External links EditSignificant Scots This article about a Scottish poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Alexander Boyd amp oldid 1065535213, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
