Robertson, D. J. (M)

Surname: Robertson
Forename(s): Duncan J.
Nationality: Scottish.
Poet and solicitor. Pseudonyms: D. J. R., D. R. Alternative signature: D. J. Robertson. From Kirkwall, Orkney. Chambers’s Journal ledger, which refers to him as Duncan J. Robertson, D. Robertson, and D. J. Robertson, lists his address as the Philosophical Institute, Queen Street, Edinburgh (poem published 11 July 1885; NLS Dep 341/369), 16 Eildon St, Edinburgh (2 October 1886, 11 February 1888; NLS Dep 341/369, 370), 32 Dundas Crescent, Kirkwall (17 June 1893; NLS Dep 341/370), Crantit House, Kirkwall, (13 February 1897; NLS Dep 341/371). Possibly the same poet as D. Robertson, who also published in Chambers’s Journal in the same period. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 42
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
An Autumn Night in Orkney 1884-09 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19240
A Waif 1885-07-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12939
Waiting 1885-11 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18717
Sea-Spells 1886-01 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18726
The Statue in the Sea Wood 1886-04 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19269
The Return 1886-04-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12975
Requiescant 1886-07 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19273
A Summer Night 1886-09 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18751
Parted 1886-10-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13000
By the North Sea 1887-01 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19282
Our Quarrel 1887-04 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19289
At Sunset 1887-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18774
Two Days 1887-05-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12889
A Prison Song 1887-12 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18813
A Dream-Maiden 1888-02-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13018
Darkness 1888-03 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19313
In Exile 1888-07 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19320
Noontide 1888-08 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18840
There Remaineth a Rest in the Sea 1888-11 The English Illustrated Magazine Poet 19331
The Lost Bride 1889-05 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18872
Kirkwall. A Sonnet 1889-08-31 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13100
Dead Love 1889-11-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13112
A Song of Spring 1890-05 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18911
A Song in the Night 1890-07 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18919
Fairy Gold 1892-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18978
A Greeting 1892-09 Longman’s Magazine Poet 18992
The Land of Lost Delights 1893-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19011
Lost Youth 1893-06-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13301
A Song of Sunlight 1893-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19021
Deserted 1893-10-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13320
Across the Years 1894-10 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19060
A Love Song 1894-12 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19064
A Serenade 1895-07 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19076
To a Street Sycamore 1895-11-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12640
A Dream of Dead Gods 1896-03 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19093
Waith and Wrack 1897-02 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19107
Convalescence 1897-02-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12654
In August 1897-08 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19118
The Travellers 1899-04 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19173
“Hitherto Shalt Thou Come” 1899-09 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19183
The Recluse 1900-03 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19188
A Stone Eagle 1901-06 Longman’s Magazine Poet 19205