Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AUL' KIRKYARD, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: The aul' kirkyard! - the aul' kirkyard! Last Line: The grave aneath the brier sae green. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
THE aul' kirkyard!the aul' kirkyard! It's crowdit graves an' mossy stanes; I've coft me there a lanely grave, In whilk I houp to lay my banes. A rosy brier hings ower the spat, An' there the mavis bigs her nest: Ye'll hear her sing at e'en an' morn, An' see her bonny speckled breast The shilfa an' the yeldrin there Mak' simmer haunt, an' hap an' sing Amang the flow'ry twigs that ower The lanely grave their blossoms fling. The e'e o' Heaven leuks brichtly doun Oot thro' the brier on simmer days; At nicht the sweet an' bonny mune Sheds doun her mildest, holiest rays. An' there my sainted mither lies They laid her 'neath the brier to sleep; An' I, her wae an' weary bairn, Maun sune into her bosom creep. An' lang an' soun' my sleep shall be; I'll never wauken till I hear The trump o' God, that bids the deid Arise, an' at His bar appear. My he'rt is fu' an' unco sair At tales o' wrang, an' wrath, an' guilt; The flesh is creeping on my banes To hear o' a' the bluid that's spilt: To think hoo mony sinfu' sauls Are soopit aff the shores o' life Unrepentant, unforgiven By burnin' drink an' bluidy strife. O aul' kirkyard! O aul' kirkyard! Hoo aft ha'e I, wi' langin' e'en, Leuk't ower thy moulderin' wa' to see The grave aneath the brier sae green. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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