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Lothians

Lament for the Pentland Men - by Isobel Wylie Hutchison

{ Poem }

Oh early grey of morning-time!
/ Oh Pentland Hills!
/ The bracken white with frosty rime,
/ The…

Liège, 1914 - by Isobel Wylie Hutchison

{ Poem }

Over the wheatfields the sky was shot with light
/ And there was one large star.
/ The Pentland Hills were full of purple…

Winter Twilight in West Lothian - by Isobel Wylie Hutchison

{ Poem }

The sun’s going down behind the great shale-heap
/ Over against the village; shadows creep
/ Shifting from door to door, and all the…

The Road’s End - by Andrew Dodds

{ Poem }

Ower the hills by Lauderdale
/ The road swings lang and free;
/ And, eastart by Pencaitland,
/ It brings ye to the sea;
/ By Dalkeith and…

To S. R. Crockett - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and the rain are flying,
/ Blows the wind on the…

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