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The Waverley at Caigendoran |
Blue Dawn
The waters flow on,
through old Luncarty mill,
I still mind the day,
when a Clyde launch would thrill.
The waters flow on,
lovers pledging "I do." *
And hope springs again,
As each new day dawns blue.
The waters flow on,
by some desolate quay,
I still mind the day
steamers paddled the sea.
The waters flow on,
Cruachan's heart beats anew,
And hope springs again,
As each new day dawns blue.
* -standing on opposite sides of a wee burn, holding a bible, to plight
their troth. Burns is said to have done this with Mary Campbell - "kissing the book
across the water".
"As each new day dawns
blue" is a reference to Thomas Carlyle's famous poem "Today" which
begins, challenging us to useful action, with the words "So here hath been dawning
another blue day." (It was a poem Patricia introduced to her school pupils, and
to me!)
Carlyle was born in the Borders, at Ecclefechan, in 1795, becoming one of
the most influencial writers of his age. Here it is:
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