The Years Gane By - by
(Tune: The Cardin O’t)
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/ I’m thinkin noo the years gane by
/ micht weel be thon furst year we met
/ whan tyme an tyde…
marriage
Sonnet On My Wife’s Birthday - by
All the love I have will not take her years away:
/ All the knowledge given not grant her time release,
/ Yet one…
The Vampire Bride - by
“I am come—I am come! once again from the tomb,
In return for the ring which you gave;
That I am thine, and that thou art mine,
This nuptial pledge receive.”
The Road to Roberton - by
The hill road to Roberton: Ale Water at our feet,
/ And grey hills and blue hills that melt away and meet,
/ With…
For Bet Gaitherin Strawberries - by
The rain was sliverin on the windae pane
/ when you gaed oot tae pick strawberries,
/ reid pockit moons, for the denner…
Muckle Mou’d Meg - by
‘Oh, what hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord,
/ Strappit flaught owre his braid saddle-bow?
/ Some…
from Wanted A Husband - by
Wanted a husband who doesn’t suppose,
/ That all earthly employments one feminine knows, –
/ That she’ll scrub, do the cleaning,…
touching your face - by
with that
/ silence
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/ it creates
/ allowing
/
/ and
/ trusting
/
/ the allowed;
/ all that’s
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/ been said
/ and is saying
/
/ this time
/ breath
/
/ held
/ between us
/
/ each time
/ familiar
/
/ each time
/ new…
Sloes - by
He was in Paris for the weekend:
/ on his own – she was mad
/ to think otherwise.
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/ She took the children
/ on an expedition…
Carpe Diem - by
From my study window
/ I see you
/ below in the garden, a hand
/ …
June the Second - by
it is dawn and my wife is coming to bed
/ and she has been watching a film about the life of…