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Address to a Haggis
Robert Burns
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!
Aboon them a’ ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang ‘s my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o’ need,
While thro’ your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see Rustic-labour dight,
An’ cut ye up wi’ ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit hums.
Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi’ perfect sconner,
Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither’d rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro’ bluidy flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He’ll make it whissle;
An’ legs, an’ arms, an’ heads will sned,
Like taps o’ thrissle.
Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o’ fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!
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And happy Burns Night to you all. #burnsnight #robertburns #haggis #scottishpoetry #scotland #homeofgolf https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2KCt7t41t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Happy Friday Witches!
Hello Witches! Today I have a cautionary tale from Scotland to share with you all 😊
Robert Burns, the famed Scottish poet, was born on January 25, 1759. He's honored this day with feasts, piping, toasts, and recitations. His work, "Tam O'Shanter," is a poem about the misadventures of a farmer who happens on witches and warlocks dancing, scaring him into giving up his drunken ways. The devil is also present among the witches, playing the bagpipes and the poem is told in a mixture of the Scots and English languages, making it sound very much like a spoken story. Burns often wrote in this dialect in order to appeal to more audiences rather than just catering to his homeland.
At the end, the character of Tom makes a comment about one of the witches who is dressed in a shirt which is too small, making the creatures chase after him for disrupting their fun. He uses his horse to get away in time although they pull his horse's tail off in the race. The poem ends as a warning against drinking and the harm it can bring towards yourself and others around you.
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30th November is when we celebrate all things Scottish. I have one of these St Andrew's Day Blessings left - why not surprise someone you love? Available in our Etsy shop - link above. 🏴🥃 #standrewsday #scotlandthebrave #scottishblessing #scottishandproud #scottishart #scottishheritage #scotlandforever #wildscotland #highlandsandislands #whiskylover #neepsandtatties #scottishancestry #ilovescotland #instascotland #scottishbeauty #scottishpoetry #abundareuk https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtbx7ysljk/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Oor boat is rigged tae face the greater sea,
The day daws blithely whan we must set sail.
Hou aften hae we twa wrocht in the gale,
An waithert aa its wrath tae bear the gree?
We stievely grupt the tiller, haund oan haund,
Held firmly tae the course that we hud chosen;
Be’t sauf bield o the loch, else sea, or ocean,
Nae maitter! We wid siccarly mak laund!
An mony’s the lauch we hud alang the wey,
We caredna dael-a-hate the haund fate gien us,
But made the best o’t, kennin fine atween us
The bonds o luve we hud wid aye haud sway .
Ayont the faur horizon Venus lowes,
The Cosmos beckons tae us; pynt the prow!
Rab Wilson
from Eiks an Ens, No. 3 (October 2012)
Bio: Rab Wilson (born 1 September 1960, New Cumnock, Ayrshire) is a Scottish poet who writes mainly in the Scots language. His works include a Scots translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the poetry books Accent o the Mind, Life Sentence, and A Map for the Blind.[1] /// Wiki
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Copyright: Rab Wilson
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Photo credit: Robyn Woolston
(Artist in Residence - Gourdon Book Swap Station)
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“Poems of Robert Burns”. Lovely condition hardcover from 1957. $15 shipped. #poetry #robertburns #scottishpoetry #vintagebooks #bookcollecting #treatyourshelf #booknerd #shelfie https://www.instagram.com/p/CEapVVOhy9C/?igshid=dhnbsu073573
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I write poems? 📝 #Poetry #PoetsOfInstagram #CreativeWriting #ScottishPoetry
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The Tartan! Here’s to it! The fighting sheen of it, The yellow, the green of it, The white, the blue of it, The swing, the hue of it, The dark, the red of it, Every thread of it! The fair have sighed for it, The brave have died for it, Foeman have sought for it, Heroes fought for it, Honour the name of it, Drink to the fame of it, The Tartan! by Murdoch MacLean. . . . . . . #nancysdailydish #tartanday #tartan #tartanplaid #robertburns #scottishpoetry #dogpainting #plaidpuppy #fauxbois #wallpaper #plaiddecor #homeoffice #pheasantfeathers #boyanddogfigurine #antiquedecor #englishcountrycottage #cozycottage #getyourplaidon #traditionaldecor #interiordecorating #vignettes #mantlestyling #pandemic2020 #englishcountryhouse #decoratingwithantiques #itsallaboutyourplaidittude (at Tulsa, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pP8sOJYXI/?igshid=bln76vvph147
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Happy Burns Night! Homemade vegan haggis and clapshot. 🍽📖 #rabbieburns #burnsnight2020 #burnsnight #veganhaggis #clapshot #scottishpoetry #bookstagram #igbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B7wzxBWglWJ/?igshid=lrmkaifuvgez
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Strawberries (Poem) There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window facing each other your knees held in mine the blue plates in our laps the strawberries glistening in the hot sunlight we dipped them in sugar looking at each other not hurrying the feast for one to come the empty plates laid on the stone together with the two forks crossed and I bent towards you sweet in that air in my arms abandoned like a child from your eager mouth the taste of strawberries in my memory lean back again let me love you let the sun beat on our forgetfulness one hour of all the heat intense and summer lightning on the Kilpatrick hills let the storm wash the plates. Edwin Morgan. #EdwinMorgan. #Poetry. #Poem. #LovePoem. #ScottishPoetry. #Literature. (at Samastipur) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwm4kbphu04/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12ciw32pdmgjw
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1898 #Scottishpoetry Fair City....Chimes....by.....David M. Smith #Perth #poets #oldbooks #vintagebooks #books #antiquarianbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B3oaBpPndvS/?igshid=1h4ixlfsum2p4
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#ayearofscottishpoems Chosen by #gabymorgan forward by #jackiekay @macmillankidsuk An inspiring anthology of the very best of #scottishpoetry .#instapoetry #poetry #booksforchristmas #booksforkids #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #coverkidsbooks #instabook #kidslit #newbook #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #coverkidsbooks #instabook #kidslit #newbook https://www.instagram.com/p/BstdexSnzPF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12jjg9lcvht7p
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"Our lives, and every day and hour, One symphony appear: One road, one garden - every flower and every bramble dear." -Robert Louis Stevenson #scotland #scotlandweather #scotlandsbeauty #scotlandtrip #scottishpoetry (at Chatelherault Country Park)
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Burns Night in Edinburgh, Scotland with friends from the Women's March - an ode to haggis (well, veggie haggis) Don't judge me accent 🍷
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Happy Robbie Burns Day! No gathering of family and friends - another event put off for another year. The haggis, the ‘neeps, the tatties and the scotch will all have to wait until later when hopefully we can have a big cèilidh. With any luck the festival in Fergus will happen this summer. To all my friends in Cape Breton, and my family..... Waughs, Craigs, Leiths Slàinte Mhath! . . . . . #robertburns #robbieburns #haggis #scotland #scottishatheart #family #scottishfamily #robertson #capebreton #capebretonisland #ingonish #leith #singlemalt #burnsnight #kilchomanwhisky #whisky #dram #scotchwhisky #scottishpoet #scottishpoetry #cultureandtradition #culture #tradition #scottishtradition #islaysinglemalt #singlemalt #singlemaltwhisky #islaywhisky — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3sWR01u
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A wee bit of #Rabbie O my Luve's like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in june; O my Luve's like the melodie That’s sweetly play'd in tune: As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry: #robertburns #burnsnight #scottishpoetry #redrose https://ift.tt/2RqpvMQ
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