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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Burns Quotation on memorial |
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I am sure I have seen this on a memorial recently but cannot find it.........
"For gold the merchant ploughs the main.
The farmer ploughs the manor;
But glory is the sodgers prize,
The sodgers wealth his honour;
The brave poor sodger ne'er despise,
Nor count him as a stranger;
Remember he's his country's stay,
In days and hour of danger"
It's the last verse of Robert Burns song 'The Soldier's Return'. Anyone recall where it might be?
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Paul
Halkirk in Caithness has the first verse. Is that what you are thinking of?
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spoons
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Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, that's the one. I knew I had read the last verse somewhere and thought it was on the thread but now I see it was posted in the thread. Thanks
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