Stobhill - by
Yes, I agreed to perform the abortion.
The girl was under unusual strain.
morality
Aince Upon a Day - by
Aince upon a day my mither said to me:
Dinna cleip and dinna rype
And dinna tell a lee.
from ‘a better tale to tell’ - by
politicians must become / better messengers / with a better tale / to tell…
Wasp and Bee, or What Now, Moralist? - by
From high endeavour
/ On his bright wings,
/ The wasp is fallen
/ To evil things.
/
/ From deep…
Father and the Silver Salver - by
As was his custom at
/ approx. 9a.m. he returned
/ from the yard for coffee,
/
/ would plant his cap on the
/ silver salver on the…
The Man With Three Legs - by
From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
/ University of St Andrews
/ In the autumn of 1948 a message was received from a…
Corpus Vile - by
Some museums of antiquities store row on row of
/ unnamed skulls. There is a day of reckoning now
/ a plea to…
James Young Simpson: If It Is Our Mission … - by
‘If it is our mission
/ to alleviate suffering
/ as well as to preserve life
/ there should be no conscientious restraint
/
/ and if God has…
bho Cheum air Cheum - by
III
/
/ С фонарем обшaрьте
/ весь подлунный свет!
/ Той страны нa карте –
/ нет, в пространстве – нет.
/
/ Marina Tsvetaeva
/
/ Dh’fhàg thu Glaschu airson Cambridge, Cambridge
/ airson an…
The Garmont of Gud Ladeis - by
Wald my gud lady lufe me best
/ And wirk eftir my will,
/ I suld ane garmond gudliest
/ Gar mak hir body till.
/
/ Of he…
‘Quhy will ye, merchantis of renoun’ - by
Quhy will ye, merchantis of renoun,
/ Lat Edinburgh, your nobill toun,
/ For laik of reformatioun
/ The commone proffeitt tyine, and…
Lucy Ashton’s Song - by
Look not thou on beauty’s charming,
/ Sit thou still when kings are arming,
/ Taste not when the wine-cup glistens,
/ Speak…