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Old Christmastide - by Sir Walter Scott

{ Poem }

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill;
But let it whistle as it will,
We’ll keep our Christmas merry still.
Each age has deem’d the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer

Learning Curves - by Donny O’Rourke

{ Poem }

Although we favoured football as a rule,
/ PE was comprehensive at our school.
/ Coached in a bit of this, a bit of…

from The Corsair - by George Gordon, Lord Byron

{ Poem }

The power of Thought—the magic of the Mind! …

Connecting Cultures - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

Such words can sound like flagged-up slogans, true. / What we merely say says nothing — / All that matters…

‘I cannot deem why men toil so for Fame’ - by Alexander Smith

{ Poem }

I cannot deem why men toil so for Fame.
/ A porter is a porter though his load
/ Be the oceaned world,…

A Man’s a Man for a’ That - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

Is there for honest Poverty
/ That hings his head, an’ a’ that;
/ The coward-slave, we pass him by,
/ We dare be poor for…

James Macfarlan - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

“A man’s a man for a’ that” – how does he know?
/ Traipsing with his plough, the rural hero,
/ Swaggering down the…

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