VOICES FROM THEIR AIN COUNTRIE

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1 THE ASSOCIATION FOR SCOTTISH LITERARY STUDIES VOICES FROM THEIR AIN COUNTRIE THE POEMS OF MARION ANGUS AND VIOLET JACOB Edited by KATHERINE GORDON GLASGOW 2006

2 Contents Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 The Poems of Marion Angus 53 From The Lilt and Other Verses (1922) By Candle Light 55 The Drove Road 56 Remembrance Day 57 The Fox's Skin 58 The Bridge 59 Treasure Trove 60 The Turn of the Day 61 Moonlight 62 The Lilt 63 Loneliness 64 All Souls' Eve 65 The Graceless Loon 66 From The Tinker's Road and Other Verses (1924) The Tinker's Road 67 The Seaward Toon Mary's Song In Ardelot George Gordon, Lord Byron In a Mirror 73 Annie Honey 74 Patrick 75 Penchrise 77 At Candlemas 79 Most Sad is Sleep 80 The Fiddler 81 The Lane Kirkyaird 82 Alas! Poor Queen Think Lang The Ghost 86 From Sun and Candlelight (1927) Courtin' 88

3 VI VOICES FROM THEIR AIN COUNTRIE VI! The Wife 89 Waater o' Dye 90 Singin' Waater 91 World's Love 92 The Sang 93 The Prood Lass 94 Barbara 95 Wee Jock Todd 96 Jealousy 97 The Blue Boat 98 The Wild Lass 99 'In the Streets Thereof 100 Memory 101 The Tree 102 The Silver City 103 The Mourners 104 Withy Wands 105 Cowslips Soon Will Dance 106 The Captive 107 Heritage 108 Change 109 Winter 110 Trees Ill Cotton Grasses 112 From The Singin' Lass (1929) The Wee Sma' Glen 113 The Ghaist 114 Heart-Free 115 Winter-Time 116 Hogmanay 117 Ann Gilchrist 118 Welcome 119 The Eerie Hoose 120 The Can'el 121 Invitation 122 This Woman 123 Jean Cam'bell 124 The Singin' Lass 125 Moonlight Meeting 126 Winds of the World 127 A Traveller 128 HuntlieHill 129 Arrival 130 Evening Walk... : 131 Among Thorns 132 Cambus Woods 133 Of Sorrowful Things 134 Dawn and Twilight 135 Anemones 136 From The Turn of the Day (1931) Spring 137 A Breton Woman Sings 138 A Small Thing 139 The Broken Brig 140 The Lissome Leddy 141 The Doors of Sleep 142 The Stranger 143 Joan the Maid 144 Lost Things 145 Curios 146 The Blue Jacket 147 From Lost Country and Other Verses (1937) Lost Country 148 Chance Acquaintance 149 When At Familiar Doors 150 Two is Company 151 Corrichie 152 Naomi 153 The Burden 154 The Widow 155 Desires of Youth 156 Gathering Shells 157 The Plaid 158 A Woman Sings 159 The Green Yaird 160 The Musician 161 In a Little Old Town 162 News 163 Nicht o' Nichts 164 The Spae-Wife 165 New Year's Morning 166

4 Vlll VOICES FROM THEIR AIN COUNTRIE IX Martha's House 167 Foxgloves and Snow 168 Memory's Trick 169 Once Long Ago 170 The Faithful Heart 171 Links o' Lunan 172 At Parting 173 November in Edinburgh 174 On a Birthday 175 Uncollected Poems Unseen 176 Wizardry 177 The Kiss 178 Uncertain Provenance The Dove 179 After the Storm 180 The Poems of Violet Jacob 181 From Verses (1905) Half-Way 183 The Shadow 184 An Immortelle 185 Beyond the Walls 186 'Come On, Come Up, Ye Rovers' 187 Airlie Kirk 188 In Lower Egypt 189 The Call 191 The Valley of the Kings 192 The Lowland Ploughman 194 from Poems of India II: Night in the Plains 195 III: The Resting-Place 196 IV: Evening in the Opium Fields 197 V: 'God is Great' 197 VII: Cherry-Blossom at Dagshai 199 IX: The Distant Temple 200 From Songs of Angus (1915) Tarn i' the Kirk 201 The Howe o' the Mearns 202 The Lang Road 204 The Beadle o' Drumlee 206 The Water-Hen 207 The Heid Horseman 208 The Gean-Trees 210 The Tod 211 The Blind Shepherd 212 The Doo'cot Up the Braes 213 Logie Kirk 215 The Philosophy of the Ditch 216 The Lost Licht 217 The Lad i' the Mune 220 The Gowk 221 The Jacobite Lass 222 Maggie 223 The Whustlin' Lad 224 Craigo Woods 225 The Wild Geese 226 From More Songs of Angus and Others (1918) To A. H.J 227' Jock, to the First Army 228 The Field by the Lirk o' the Hill 229 Montrose 230 The Road to Marykirk 231 The Brig 232 The Kirk Beside the Sands 233 Glory 234 The Shepherd to His Love 235 A Change o' Deils 236 The Last o' the Tinkler 237 Fringford Brook 238 Prison 240 Presage 241 The Bird in the Valley 242 Back to the Land 243 The Scarlet Lilies 244 Frostbound 246 The Happy Warrior' 247 From Bonnie Joann and Other Poems (1921) Bonnie Joann 248 The Wind Frae the Baltic 249

5 VOICES FROM THEIR AIN COUNTRIE XI The Tramp to the Tattie-Dulie 250 Hallowe'en 252 The Daft Bird 253 'Kirrie' 254 The End O't 255 The Kelpie 256 Baltic Street 258 Bailie Bruce 260 Charlewayn 262 The Gangerel 264 The Tinkler's Baloo 266 The Banks o' the Esk 267 Inverquharity 268 Faur-Ye-Weel 270 The Shadows 272 A Winter Phantasy 273 Uncollected Poems The Barley 297 Bindweed 298 Notes for Individual Poems 299 Glossary 372 Bibliography 381 Copyright Acknowledgements 400 From Two New Poems (1924) Rohallion 274 From The Northern Lights and Other Poems (1927) The Northern Lichts 275 The Neep-Fields By the Sea 276 The Rowan 277 The Licht Nichts 278 Thejaud 279 TheDeil 281 Geordie's Lament 283 The Helpmate 285 Steenhive 286 The Guidwife Speaks 287 The Last Ane 288 Donald Maclane 289 The Cross-Roads 290 From The Scottish Poems of Violet Jacob (1944) TheWarld 291 The Poor Suitor 292 The Neebour 293 The Poacher to Orion 294 The Baltic 295 Cairneyside 296