The Dreme

The Dreme is a poem written in 1528 by Scottish herald and poet David Lyndsay. It is his earliest surviving poem,^[1] and is an allegorical lament on the misgovernment of the realm.

References

1. "Sir David Lyndsay". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

External links

• Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century by Various at Project Gutenberg Includes full text of The Dreme on pp 29-39
• Full text of The Dreme in Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century at archive.org

Further reading

• "VI: Sir David Lyndsay: 1: The Dreme". The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes: Vol III Renascence and Reformation. 1907–1921. Retrieved 3 November 2015.