Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus
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THE WILD GEESE 51
“ But saw ye naething, leein’ Wind, afore ye cam’
to Fife ?
There’s muckle lyin’ ’yont the Tay that’s mair to
me nor life.”
“ My man, I swept the Angus braes ye hae’na
trod for years.”
“ 0 Wind, forgi'e a hameless loon that canna see
for tears ! ”
“ And far abune the Angus straths I saw the wild
geese flee,
A lang, lang skein o’ beatin’ wings, wi’ their heids
towards the sea,
And aye their cryin’ voices trailed ahint them on
the air ”
“ O Wind, hae maircy, haud yer whisht, for I
daurna listen mair ! ”
“ But saw ye naething, leein’ Wind, afore ye cam’
to Fife ?
There’s muckle lyin’ ’yont the Tay that’s mair to
me nor life.”
“ My man, I swept the Angus braes ye hae’na
trod for years.”
“ 0 Wind, forgi'e a hameless loon that canna see
for tears ! ”
“ And far abune the Angus straths I saw the wild
geese flee,
A lang, lang skein o’ beatin’ wings, wi’ their heids
towards the sea,
And aye their cryin’ voices trailed ahint them on
the air ”
“ O Wind, hae maircy, haud yer whisht, for I
daurna listen mair ! ”
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Songs of Angus > (67) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129166968 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | NG.1168.f.13 |
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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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