The night is darkening round me - by
The night is darkening round me,
/ The wild winds coldly blow;
/ But a tyrant spell has bound me,
/ And I cannot, cannot go.
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/ The…
Poetry by Heart Scotland pre-1914
Poems with this tag are permitted for recital in the pre-1914 category of the Poetry By Heart Scotland competition at school, regional and national stages.
from The Bruce - by
A! Fredome is a noble thing
/ Fredome mays man to haiff liking.
/ Fredome all solace to man giffis,
/ He levys at es that…
Consolation - by
Though he that ever kind and true
/ Kept stoutly step by step with you
/ Your whole long gusty lifetime through,
/ Be gone awhile…
Moladh Beinn Dóbhrain (extract) - by
4. Siubhal
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/ A’ bheinn luiseanach fhailleanach
/ Mheallanach lìontach,
/ Gun choimeas dh’ a fallaing
/ Air thalamh na Crìosdachd:
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/ ‘S ro-neònach tha mise,…
To Any Reader - by
As from the house your mother sees
/ You playing round the garden trees,
/ So you may see, if you will look
/ Through the…
‘By lone St. Mary’s silent lake’ - by
By lone St. Mary’s silent lake:
/ Thou know’st it well,—nor fen nor sedge
/ Pollute the pure lake’s crystal edge;
/ Abrupt and sheer, the…
‘I cannot deem why men toil so for Fame’ - by
I cannot deem why men toil so for Fame.
/ A porter is a porter though his load
/ Be the oceaned world,…
The Season of Youth - by
(Ecclesiastes, ix. 7, 9 ; xi 9.)
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/ Rejoice, mortal man, in the noon of thy prime!
/ Ere thy brow shall…
Invictus - by
Out of the night that covers me,
/ Black as the pit from pole to pole,
/ I thank whatever gods may be
/ For my…
from To His Mistress - by
My dear and only Love, I pray
/ This noble World of thee,
/ Be govern’d by no other Sway
/ …
She Walks in Beauty - by
She walks in beauty, like the night
/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
/ And all that’s best of dark…
Up in the Morning Early - by
Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west,
/ The drift is driving sairly;
/ Sae loud and shrill’s I hear…