"The thistle rises and forever will,
Getherin’ the generations under’t.
This is the monument o’ a’ they were,
And a’ they hoped and wondered."
Hugh MacDiarmid (1926)
#photography #thistle #Scotland #poetry #MacDiarmid #PotD #sunrise #dawn #hope #dream #independence #Scots #KeepTheDreamAlive
"The thistle rises and forever will,
Getherin’ the generations under’t.
This is the monument o’ a’ they were,
And a’ they hoped and wondered."
Hugh MacDiarmid (1929)
#photography #thistle #silhouette #poetry #MacDiarmid #Scotland #Scots #Independence #hope #symbol #nation
“So these stones have dismissed
All but all of evolution, unmoved by it,
As the essential life of mankind in the mass
Is the same as their earliest ancestors yet.”
Hugh MacDiarmid (1934)
#photography #Iona #stones #pebbles #poetry #MacDiarmid #PotD #Columba #Bay #silence #sea
Canada Nickel Unveils Promising Exploration Results at MacDiarmid Site #Canada #Toronto #Canada_Nickel #Timmins_Nickel #MacDiarmid
