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Through moors and valleys blushing fair
Who with the Ettrick can compare?
Where Yarrow's stream does gently glide
Hogg's minstrel harp is by her side.
By ancient Tweed and Border land,
Forever Caledonia grand,
Where highland men have died and fought
And all inspired the heart of Scott.
Sweet Afton flows her crystal stream
Perpetuating Mary's dream,
By banks of Doon a lover spurns
Now they're immortalized by Burns.
There's rhymes and sonnets to pursue
Of Shelley, Byron, Shakespeare too,
Yet those that stir the piper's drone
Are Scottish Bards and nature's own. |
William F. Davidson
was born in Ayr, Scotland in 1939. Raised in Maybole, he attended Cairn
Primary School & Carrick Academy before emigrating to Canada in October
1956. He traveled throughout Canada and the United States for three
years before taking up permanent residence in New York in 1959. Mr.
Davidson has also lived and worked in Australia for two years. He is
married with one son. Several family members continue to live in
Maybole. E-mail