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Where little feet ran out and in
The track is hard to find;
Gudeman, it is long since we closed the door
And left what it held behind.
Down in the strath the kirk is set
Upon the running burn;
It’s many roads we’ve trod^ and yet
It’s here we must return.
Old lights along the fields are laid.
Old shadows lie as deep.
But new eyes watch them as they fade
Among the grazing sheep.
And it’s time we went down to Airlie kirk
And laid ourselves down to sleep.
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In the window’s shade ere the dusk has spread
Over plain and hill,
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Where little feet ran out and in
The track is hard to find;
Gudeman, it is long since we closed the door
And left what it held behind.
Down in the strath the kirk is set
Upon the running burn;
It’s many roads we’ve trod^ and yet
It’s here we must return.
Old lights along the fields are laid.
Old shadows lie as deep.
But new eyes watch them as they fade
Among the grazing sheep.
And it’s time we went down to Airlie kirk
And laid ourselves down to sleep.
THE FLUTE PLAYER
In the window’s shade ere the dusk has spread
Over plain and hill,
39
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Verses > (51) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129138829 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | T.9.f |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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