Alba
Wrapped in sky and heathered hills
caressed by briny horses wild,
so far from dark satanic mills
survives the empire's favoured child.
Once stripped and starved of tongue and god
its people slaved and banished cold,
crofts and mànas razed to sod
that none who dwelled there might grow old.
But land in time calls back its own
disgorging tyrants, killing kings,
and those returning hold what's known
that those who stole could never bring.
This place so loved by earth and man
too much that any heart could own,
will never bow to scheme or plan
that was not on its own shores grown.
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David RL Moore
Fri 29th Nov 2024 18:07
Thanks to John and Stephen for the likes.
Ray, the word mànas is taken to mean farm buildings including houses and out houses in Scots Gaelic.
Thanks for your reading comment and enquiry.
David