#RobertFergusson #Poetry

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"Alas, poor Tom! how oft, with merry heart,
Have we beheld thee play the Sexton's part;
Each comic heart must now be grieved to see
The Sexton's dreary part performed on thee.

✒ #RobertFergusson, Scottish poet, #DOTD 17 October 1774, aged 24. #Poetry #Literature

Ne'er fash your thumb what gods decree To be the weird o' you or me, Nor deal in cantrip's kittle cunning To spier how fast your days are running, But patient lippen for the best, Nor be in dowie thought oppressed, Whether we see mair winters come, Than this that spits wi canker'd foam. Now moisten weel your geyzen'd was Wi couthy friends and hearty blaws; Ne'er lat your hope owrgang your days, For eild and thraldom never stays; The day looks gash, toot aff your horn, Nor care yae strae about the morn.

A close-up of the statue of Robert Fergusson outside Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk, which can be seen in part in the background. The bronze sculpture shows Fergusson, with 18thC hair and dress, looking ahead while holding a book in his right hand.

It's #NationalPoetryDay! The perfect opportunity to share Robert Fergusson's translation of Horace's ode on the importance of seizing the day. In rich Scots, Fergusson gives us the keys to a good life: staying in the moment and surrounding ourselves with friends and conviviality.
#RobertFergusson

Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
Wi caller verdure owr the lawn,
The gowdspink comes in new attire,
The brawest ‘mang the whistling choir...

Poems: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/robert-...

✒️ #RobertFergusson, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 5 September 1750. #Poetry #Literature

First of our summer visits and walks for members to the Canongate Church and Kirkyard and to hear the stories of the lives of some of the people buried there.#adamsmith #davidrizzio #georgedrummond #clarinda #robertfergusson
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A spasso per Edimburgo con il poeta bohémienne scozzese Robert Fergusson… #Scozia #Edimburgo #poesia #RobertFergusson #statue

#ProjectFergusson are absolutely thrilled to have worked with the theatre group Braw Clan on this exciting new play on #RobertFergusson!
Dates: Thurs 20 June - 7.30pm, Biggar
Fri 21 June - 7.30pm,
Crawford Sat 22 June - 7.30pm, Leadhills
Free tickets: brawclan.com/crown-of-str...