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"To meddle wi the thistle and to pluck The figs fraet is my metier, I think."
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Christopher Murray Grieve, best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland in 1928 but left in 1933 due to his Marxist–Leninist views. He joi
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"I amna fou sae muckle as tired — deid dune. Its gey and hard wark coupin gless for gless Wi Cruivie and Gilsanquhar and the like, And Im no juist as bauld as aince I wes."
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"Ill hae nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur Extremes meet — its the only way I ken To dodge the curst conceit o bein richt That damns the vast majority o men."
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"The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp and sweet — and breaks the heart."
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"If theres a sword-like sang That can cut Scotland clear O a the warld beside Rax me the hilt ot here.For theres nae jewal till Frae the rest o earth its free, Wi the starry separateness Id fain to Scotland gie."
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