Gowlin' StorneA Poem by Hermes Varini, PhDThe scene refers to medieval North Scotland, in what is today Aberdeenshire, during a storm, before the dreary ruins of a forgotten tower. The narrator wears a Black (Blacklyn) Tartan.Och! Airn an' Thwndir!
An' Urquhart's Wae Verra Hel! Great Warlike Glamis' Firey, An' Hwmyd Loch Doon's Orrah! Downe! Downe! tae thad howch owre miserable! Ye a' swithe hame, hame! wae ma Airn gae! An' weile 'yont yondir Suthron! Waefu', waefu' heyre Ah! War-Ironclad heyne Ȝell, Wae burr-thistle’s Gowlin’ Storne Micht! Frae ma verra, verra! Ah ageyne! Tae the Cauld Enraged Wynde Unco! intae Æternall Battle Scorchin' Towardis Moorlan Chain Mail-Bosom o' mine! O'er an' o'er IT! increasingly thro' Force returnin', Wae ma verra Blacklyn Tartan o' War heyne, An' Silvery Brooch, wi'in yondir Lone Sceadewe! Unco! wae the Rubye Stane deep-shimmerin' Naixt tae Carham's Gory Landis, an' the Targe-Hell, Thro’ nowe Tune Martial, stick-an-stowe Ȝell! Airn-Curse Core-Firey, Hye-Flamin' IT! Heyne unco rychte Airn-Moorlan o'er ye a'! Ah, bye nowe the FEUDAL OWAR-MANN! 'Yont thad Auld Whunstane Tower-Shrine Togider wae Lang Titanium-Claymore, Airn-Dazzlin' An' ne'er, ne'er, IT! stick-an-stowe tae wane! Wi'in theis Bluish Fyre syne! Verra War-Swaird Rairan IT, Intae Thae Hringiren Æternall, Thwndir-Devastatin' o' mine! QVOAD FEODALE MEA CVM RVBRA SPATHA ET RELVCENTE HOC SCVTO AC FVLMINE NIVEO SCOTORVM INTRA HANC TEMPESTATEM MAGNAM QVÆ FLOS IGNEVS EST TONITRVO NOMINE ALTO NEMO GELIDO HOC LOCO IMPVNE ME LACESSIT. © 2022 Hermes Varini, PhD |
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Added on July 3, 2021 Last Updated on December 26, 2022 Tags: scottish dialect, middle ages, archaic, scotland AuthorHermes Varini, PhDAboutPhilosopher, Author, Lecturer, Medievalist, Artist, Creator of the Antithetical Overman. I graduated in Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy, with a dissertation on Medieval Metaphysics an.. more..Writing
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