My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Тhis lavishly illustrated anthology presents some of the loveliest of Scotland's poetry and scenery in a book specially designed to show each to their advantage. Scottish poets included here are Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Edwin Muir, Hugh MacDiarmid, Kathleen Raine and, of course, the most popular of all, Robert Burns.
Each poem is partnered by an evocative photograph of an aspect of Scotland that both complements the subject of the verses and provides a beautiful record of this unique land. With images from Wester Ross to the Outer Hebrides, from Sutherland to Inverness-shire, these pictures evoke the many faces of Scotland throughout the year.
A Treasury of Scottish Verse combines landscape and language in an attractive and rewarding combination that the reader will return to again and again.
CONTENTS
Introduction 11
Westering Home Anonymous 12
Loch Brandy Andrew Young 14
The Fisherman George Bruce 17
Freedom of the Hills Douglas Fraser 18
The Falls of Falloch Sydney Tremayne 20
Caledonia Sir Walter Scott 22
The Permanence of the Young Men William Souter 24
The Mountain Andrew Young 2 7
The Wood and the Shore Muriel Stuart 28
Anemones Marion Angus 31
Sun blink Norman MacCaig 32
Strawberries Edwin Morgan 35
The Traveller Has Regrets G.S. Fraser 36
The Sufficient Place Edwin Muir 38
For the Old Highlands Douglas Young 41
Trout Fisher George Mackay Brown 42
A Birthday Edwin Muir 45
The Island Derick Thomson 46
Highland Shooting Lodge Maurice Lindsay 49
Frost Round the House Anne Murray 50
Highland Portrait Iain Crichton Smith 53
The Clearing Stewart Conn 54
Watching You Walk Ruthven Todd 5 7
The Falls of Glomach Andrew Young 58
On Looking at an Old Climbing Photograph Douglas Fraser 61
Princes Street Gardens James Aitchison 62
Todd Stewart Conn 64
On the Cliff Andrew Young 67
Silver in the Wind Ian Strachan 68
Haddock Fishermen George Mackay Brown 71
In the Highlands Robert Louis Stevenson 72
Change and Immutability Syd Scroggie 75
The Wilderness Kathleen Raine 76
Scotland the Brave Anonymous 78
Bright is the ring of words ... Robert Louis Stevenson 81
The Paps of Jura Andrew Young 82
Highland Loves Rennie McOwan 85
Highland Mary Robert Burns 86-7
Hunted Ken Morrice 89
Deer at the Roadside Iain Crichton Smith 90-1
I know not how it is with you ... Robert Louis Stevenson 93
Loch Ossian Syd Scroggie 94
Horse George Mackay Brown 96
The Banks o' Boon Robert Burns 98
Scotland Small? Hugh MacDiarmid 101
To S.R. Crocket Robert Louis Stevenson 102
The Road to Roberton Will H. Ogilvie 105
The Skye Boat Song Harold Boulton 106
St Ninian's Isle James Rankin 108-9
At Euston A.M. Harbord 111
A Man's a Man for A' That Robert Bruce 113
Love in Age George Bruce 114
John Anderson, My Jo Robert Burns 117
No accident Norman MacCaig 118
Scotland Alexander Gray 120
The Emigrant Joe Corbie 122-23
The Finished House George Mackay Brown 125
Breathes there the man ... Sir Walter Scott 126
The Things of the North Rennie McOwan 128
Lewis in Summer Derick Thomson 131
Scotland's Winter Edwin Muir 132
Afton Water Robert Burns 135
Index of First Lines 136-3 7
Index of Poems 138-39
Acknowledgements 140
