Upo' the Gilded Brae

Lo' beneigh' the random bield, bewails upo' the leaf
An' lea'e me naught but grief and pain, as moone breaks through the heath
Upo' the gilded braes we kissed, luve sang a zephyrs cry
Where say, my luve, o' fare thee weel, till a' the seas gang dry

An' bleak October winds ensue, beneigh' the furrow's frost
The sacred lowe, o' week-plac'd love...o' lost my sweet betroth
Yea withered ere', lies mist and bleak, an' mine an empty hand
With sword in hand, yea wander'd far, monie a ravished land

Och! Fated arrow pierced my heart, cauld by thy warrior's blade
Thy sun has waned, the bluid has poured, so boldly o're the glade
Death oftly feared, tho fear naugt more, so deep within my breast
O' do thou kindly, lie him low, upo' this mound of rest

Whase only faut was lovin thee, my tears in dust, my luve is deeply laid
Immortal I lie down 'ere now, lockt in thy arms, upo' the gilded glade
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beneigh (beneath)
bield (shelter)
bewails (weeps) 
 heath (meadows) 
gilded braes...(golden hills)
lea'e (leaves) 
naught (not)
luve (love)  
a' (all) 
gang (going -gone)
sacred lowe (sacred vow) 
monie (many) 
cauld (cold) 
bluid (blood) 
o're (over)
upo' (upon) 
whase (whose)
faut (fault) 
'ere (here) 
lockt (locked)


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Ramsdale Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 12:34 PM
A winning congratulations! Caryl
Brown Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 7:43 AM
Congratulations on your 1st Place win in Thvia's "Indulge Me" contest Carrie. Love,Carol
Osita Avatar
August 3, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Many congrats on your first place win in the contest
Taylor Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Congrats on 1st Place, Carrie. Excellent piece. Nice going. luv Ralph
Williams Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 3:05 PM
hey carrie, congrats on a terrific win, well deserved, David
Sweetheart Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 3:01 PM
Congrats Carrie on your first place win with this rousing creation on Scotland poetry luv..
Johnson Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Wonderful job Carrie. A well deserved win. Love, Joyce
Horne Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 10:27 AM
Many congrats, Carrie : )
Onclaud Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 10:04 AM
bloody grreat, carrie... heaps of cheers on your awesome win!! :) huggs!
Shetley Avatar
August 2, 2011 at 7:58 AM
I absolutely loved this entry, very well done!
Haick Avatar
November 3, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Congratulations on your fantastic win in the contest, Carrie! Obviously, you did more than try! Great 2nd Place win! Love, Audrey
Bagnall Avatar
November 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM
Congrats on the second place.
Kendrick Avatar
November 1, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Congratulations on your win.Sara
Devonshire Avatar
November 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM
You tried and you SUCCEEDED! Awesome write, Carrie. Sounds like Chaucer to me. Congratulations on you well-deserved win in Deb's contest! Love, Carolyn
Coulstock Avatar
November 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Debbie.I think this is great,so clever.So glad of the translation!Well done on your win.You more than tried,you succeeded! love June
Mehta Avatar
November 1, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Carrie
Guzzi Avatar
October 31, 2010 at 5:21 PM
You sure did try Carrie! What an amazing effort to do a dialect verse in true sonnet form I want you to read it for me on YouTube!!!! The Laddie took #1 for he made me swoon, it was a hard choice!!!! Light & Love (soup mail)
Chappell Avatar
October 10, 2010 at 12:06 PM
excellent thank you [duncan]
Peranteau Avatar
October 8, 2010 at 2:48 PM
I'll just start with "Clancy" dearie, and in high hopes that it's not just the fish you were catching the day you wrote this fine fine piece! much love, james
Keogh Jr. Avatar
October 6, 2010 at 5:16 PM
My parents are frtom Ireland. You tried and you succeeded. Well done, my dear. Regards from Gerard!
Shetley Avatar
October 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM
very nice, reminscent of Burns, i'm singing 'our luv is like a red, red rose' now. Mine is not near as sweet, in fact it's rather macabre... ha ha. Good luck to you!
Smalling Avatar
October 6, 2010 at 5:47 AM
Carie, Carie, awesome, awesome ... you found your voice in this ... a voice I pray you will always keep ... this is pure magic that I read, and tells me why you were since of old one of my favorite poets. One love
Neels Avatar
October 5, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Carrie, brilliant effort I would say. Beautiful and sad write. Good luck for the contest ~ love Wilma
Dietrich Avatar
October 4, 2010 at 9:20 PM
SAd and romantic. I am not one for these dialect poems, but it's cool you can just get the translation online, huh? I just know it's gonna do well! Luv, Andrea
Kendrick Avatar
October 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Good luck in the contest with this one that you tried very hard...Thanks for stopoping by my blog and the kind comments...We have not heard anything else..Sara
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