A Book of LivesContaining poems written by Edwin Morgan during the past six years, this collection looks at human life from a variety of perspectives, encompassing a range of themes, the foremost of which is history. This new work displays the author's characteristic willingness to experiment with a variety of subjects, from the history of cancer to the new Scottish parliament. |
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... Fate , they soared in their dreams right overboard . What would they do when their banners fluttered in the sun ? They were about to be run through , all arrogance undone ! The herald blares his horn , the baleful battle - news is born ...
... Fate , they soared in their dreams right overboard . What would they do when their banners fluttered in the sun ? They were about to be run through , all arrogance undone ! The herald blares his horn , the baleful battle - news is born ...
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... Fate must fulfil . Take a cell , a shirt , a pen . Amen . Not quite amen . They gave him chains , they gave him pain . But in candled darkness he wrote a book to question fate , to challenge desolation . Spiteless , Christless , working ...
... Fate must fulfil . Take a cell , a shirt , a pen . Amen . Not quite amen . They gave him chains , they gave him pain . But in candled darkness he wrote a book to question fate , to challenge desolation . Spiteless , Christless , working ...
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... fate , each day Brings more , and if we are powerless We cry out in our powerlessness . If we are to blame , then we are to blame ; Fair treatment is what we ask . My friends , There is always without doubt a worst case , And it is so ...
... fate , each day Brings more , and if we are powerless We cry out in our powerlessness . If we are to blame , then we are to blame ; Fair treatment is what we ask . My friends , There is always without doubt a worst case , And it is so ...
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For the Opening of the Scottish Parliament 9 October | 9 |
The Battle of Bannockburn | 16 |
Retrieving Renewing | 22 |
Copyright | |
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