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Jealousy
The new mune sma’ an’ slim,
The win’-blawn leaf on the pane;
I micht hae gotten sleep
But for they eerie twain.
For she wis like a leaf,
Blawn oot o’ the windy morn,
Wi’ her wan new mune o’ a face,
Amang the stookit corn.
Waes me ! I turned ma held
Frae her tear-begrutten e’en ;
Sae clear they were as the burn
Whaur it rins ower mosses green.
She s’uld hae hed the plaid,
Pit bye in the kist lang syne,
But for her yalla hair,
Her fit ower slicht and fine.
The wee reid hungerry mou’,
It s’uld hae hed bite and sup,
But I hae seen the bee
Ower aft at the rose’s cup.
My skin is broun as a toad,
E’en hae I shairp’s a shrew,
Ma hert is bleck an’ coorse,
Coorse thro’ an thro’.
The new mune sma’ an’ slim,
The win’-blawn leaf on the pane;
I micht hae gotten sleep
But for they eerie twain.
For she wis like a leaf,
Blawn oot o’ the windy morn,
Wi’ her wan new mune o’ a face,
Amang the stookit corn.
Waes me ! I turned ma held
Frae her tear-begrutten e’en ;
Sae clear they were as the burn
Whaur it rins ower mosses green.
She s’uld hae hed the plaid,
Pit bye in the kist lang syne,
But for her yalla hair,
Her fit ower slicht and fine.
The wee reid hungerry mou’,
It s’uld hae hed bite and sup,
But I hae seen the bee
Ower aft at the rose’s cup.
My skin is broun as a toad,
E’en hae I shairp’s a shrew,
Ma hert is bleck an’ coorse,
Coorse thro’ an thro’.
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Marion Angus > Sun & candlelight > (22) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129189170 |
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| Description | By Marion Angus. |
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| Shelfmark | X .192.e |
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| Description | Marion Angus (1865-1946) was a key figure in the Scottish literary renaissance. A late starter, she did not publish her first collection of poetry, 'The Lilt and other poems' (1922), until she was 56. Heavily influenced by the Scottish ballad tradition and folk song, her work is mainly in Scots. She is one of the most important Scottish poets of the 20th century and her work deserves a wide audience. |
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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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