Fhairshon had a son,
Who married Noah's daughter,
And nearly spoiled ta Flood
By trinking up ta water:

Which he would have done,
I at least pelieve it,
Had the mixture peen
Only half Glenlivet.

(C) William Edmondstoune Aytoun
03/12/2017


Best Poems of William Edmondstoune Aytoun

• The Massacre Of Macpherson
• Blind Old Milton
• The Widow Of Glencoe
• Edinburgh After Flodden
• The Old Camp
• The Island Of The Scots
• Oenone
• The Buried Flower
• The Sheik Of Sinai In 1830
• Epitaph Of Constantine Kanaris
• Danube And The Euxine
• The Execution Of Montrose
• The Broken Pitcher
• The Heart Of The Bruce
• The Refusal Of Charon
• The Old Scotish Cavalier
• Charles Edward At Versailles
• Hermotimus
• The Burial March Of Dundee
• Broken Pitcher, The