Perth from Corsie Hill.
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The Dark Thocht
| Up on the hill abüne the toun Whan pit-mirk is the nicht, And but a star or twa glent doun Wi' their cauld and clinty licht; |
A thocht comes cryin through the bluid That there is nae toun ava: Only the water and the wüd And the heuch attowre them a': |
And set within a nicht sae black, And in sae lane an hour, Wha kens gin he is glowerin back Or glimmerin far afore? |
Glossary
| abüne - above; | pit-mirk - deep darkness; | glent - sparkles; | clinty - hard; | bluid - blood; |
| ava - at all; | heuch - crag; | attowre - over; | lane - lonely; | kens - knows; |
| gin - if; | glowerin - scowling; | glimmerin - winking; | afore - before. |
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