A Prayer for Youth at Sea - by
Captain ! There is no harbour that is sure
/ Save Thy sure harbour. Over minèd seas
/ Gathers the dreadful dawn that…
evening
A Bush Night - by
I remember the pale summer lightning that flashed on the purple
horizon,
Full-sweep like the sword-play of giants, the dark to bedeck
and bedizen
With gold for the path of the planets
The Darkling Thrush - by
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited
Killochyett - by
Killochyett! … Killochyett! …
/ The dusk is drappin’ doon;
/ The waefu’ wind is whimp’rin’ in the trees;
/ The lichts begin tae blink aboot…
Watching Telly With You - by
We could go to Paris of course
/ but not so often. And it might not be quite
/ as cosy as…
‘When the Vision dies…’ - by
When the Vision dies in the dust of the market place,
/ When the Light is dim,
/ When you lift up your eyes…
Sgàilean - by
Air an t-slighe sìos
/ gu ruige ’n caladh anns a’ bhreacarsaich
/ agus an Western Isles a’ fuireach,
/ a lìon beag is beag,
/ chaidh na…
Leigeil bhruadaran dhìom - by
Tha am feasgar ciùin,
/ an t-adhar san uinneig
/ gun smal…
/ Ist, m’ eudail,
/ na bruidhinn an-dràst’,
/ tha taibhsean a’ dol siar.
/
/ Chan e fear àraidh a…
‘in the half-light of dusk’ - by
in the half-light of dusk
/ after the day has prepared
/ hard surfaces for inspection
/ before the night has plunged
/ things back into themselves
/ there is…