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"Deid sall ye ligg, and neer a memorie sall onie hain, or ae regret for ye, sin that ye haena roses o Pierie. In Hades howff a gangrel ghaist yell flee, amang derk ghaists stravaigan sichtlesslie."
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Douglas Young (classicist)
Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young was a Scottish poet, scholar, translator and politician. He was the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1942 to 1945, and was a classics professor at McMaster University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Deid sall ye ligg, and neer a memorie sall onie hain, or ae regret for ye, sin that ye haena roses o Pierie. In Hades howff a gangrel ghaist yell flee, amang derk ghaists stravaigan sichtlesslie."
"Minnie, I canna caa my wheel, or spin the oo or twine the tweel. Its luve a laddie whammles me. Ech, the wanchancie glamarie."
"Caller rain frae abune reeshles amang the epple-trees: the leaves are soughan wi the breeze, and sleep faas drappan doun."