Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE WALLACE MONUMENT, STIRLING: 1861, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: Auld scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs war dirlin' Last Line: For everwallace, bruce, an' bannockburn. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Monuments; Scotland; Wallace, Sir William (1270-1305) | ||||||||
AULD Scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs war dirlin', Whan thun'erin' waves o' soun' gaed rowin', swirlin' Aroun' the Abbey Craig o' auld grey Stirling, Frae hunner music ban's and bag-pipes skirlin.' Oh! blithe was she to see her buirdly callans In tens o' thousands pourin' frae their dwallin's, Baith Dukes and Lords, an' mony trades an' callin's Oh! prood was she, an' big her fu' hert swallin's. Wi' cheers the verra lift amaist was riven, Frae mornin's drumlie broo the clouds war driven; The sun cam' lauchin' ootsair had he striven To see us frae the twal-oors' hight o' heaven. An' sic a sicht his e'e o' fire ne'er saw, Cam' Kirk, cam' State, cam' "Army, Physic, Law;" Leddies an' lassies, bonny burdies a', An' mony gawsy wives, baith braid an' braw. The lowe o' freedom burns sae het an' clear In Scotlan's hert this mony hunner year, That spite o' traitor Scot or Southern jeer, To Wallace' name this tower o' strength she'll rear. An' by his treacherous doom, whilk aye she'll murne, An' by the Bruce, an' by red Bannockburn To your immortal memories she will turn For everWallace, Bruce, an' Bannockburn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE BANNOCKBURN by ROBERT BURNS THE DIRGE OF WALLACE by THOMAS CAMPBELL THE SONG OF MARION by ELIZA COOK WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS A DESCRIPTION OF WALLACE by HENRY THE MINSTREL LAMENT FOR THE GRAHAM by HENRY THE MINSTREL A SUMMARY HISTORY OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL BEAUTIES OF SCOTLAND, SELECTION by KENNETH MCLACHLAN A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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