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Occasion: Burns Night

Mary Morison - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

O Mary, at thy window be,
/ It is the wish’d, the trysted hour;
/ Those smiles and glances let me see,
/ That make the…

A Red, Red Rose - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

O my Luve’s like a red, red rose,
/ That’s newly sprung in June;
/ O my…

To a Mouse - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion
Has broken Nature’s social union,
An’ justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion
An’ fellow-mortal!

Kate o Shanter’s Tale - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

an extract
/
/ Now, wha this tale o’ truth shall read,
/ Ilk man and mother’s son, take heed:
/ Whene’er to drink you are inclin’d,
/ Or…

Surprise, Surprise - by Alexander Hutchison

{ Poem }

MacSween the corner butcher with confidence displays
/ for denizens of the city – ‘of toons the a per se’
/ a vegetarian haggis,…

Address to a Hot Haggis - by Elspeth Murray

{ Poem }

The haggis has taken the world by storm
/ With evocative Scottishness, a cheeky chubby form
/ And an epic, eight-verse intro, which is…

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