October 2006
Monthly Archive
Robert Burns – Verses on the destruction of the woods near Drumlanrig
Posted by tadhg on 31 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“Ae smiling simmer-morn I stray’d,… When, from the eddying deep below, uprose the genius of the stream.”.
“There was a time, it’s nae lang syne, ye might hae seen me in my pride,….”.
“Man! cruel man!’ the genius sigh’d…. that reptile wears a ducal crown.”
Robert Burns – Address of Beelzebub
Posted by tadhg on 31 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“Poor dunghill sons of dirt and mire may to Patrician rights aspire!”
“Yet while they’re only poind’t and herriet, they’ll keep their stubborn Highland spirit;…”.
“Get out a horsewhip or a jowler, the langest thong, the fiercest growler,….”.
“Go on, my lord! I lang to meet you, an’ in my house at hame to greet you;…”
Robert Burns – Halloween
Posted by tadhg on 28 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“Wi’ merry sangs, an’ friendly cracks, I wat they did na weary;…… They parted aff careerin’ fu’ blythe that night.”.
“Meg fain wad to the barn gane to winn three wechts o’naething;… In hopes to see Tam kipples that very night.”.
“But her tap-pickle maist was lost, when kiutlin’ i’ the fause-house wi’ him that night.”.
“To burn their nits, an’ pou their stocks, an’ haud their Halloween fu’ blythe that night.”.
Robert Burns – Libertie – A Vision
Posted by tadhg on 27 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“Where is man’s godlike form? Where is that brow erect and bold,….”.
“Thee, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among, thee, famed for martial deeds and heaven-taught song,….where is that soul of Freedom fled?”.
“Is this the ancient Caledonian form, firm as the rock, resistless as the storm?”
Robert Burns – A Dream
Posted by tadhg on 26 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“‘Tis very true, my sovereign King, My skill may weel be doubted; but Facts are chiels that winna ding, an’ downa be disputed….”.
“Hail, Majesty most Excellent! While nobles strive to please ye, will ye accept a compliment a simple poet dies ye?”.
“Ye, lastly, bonnie blossoms a’, ye royal lasses dainty, heav’n mak you guid as weel as brw, an’ gie you lads a-plenty….”
Robert Burns – The Holy Fair
Posted by tadhg on 25 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“O happy is that man an’ blest! Nae wonder that it pride him! Wha’s ain dear lass, that he likes best, Come clinkin’ down beside him!”
“Leeze me on drink! it gi’es us mair than either school or college:…”
“Wi’ faith an’ hope, an’ love an’ drink, they’re a’ in famous tune for crack that day.”.
Robert Burns – Tam O’ Shanter
Posted by tadhg on 24 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Podcasts
“As Tammie glowr’d, amaz’d, and curious, the mirth and fun grew fast and furious,…”; “Now Tam, O Tam! had thae been queans, a’ plump and strapping in their teens; their sarks, instead o’ creeshie flannel, been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen!”. “But Tam kent what was what fu’ brawlie there was ae winsome wench wench and walie…..”
