Poem written at Penkill Castle in Spring
Transcript: "Written at Penkill in Spring.
This morn at dawn within the temperate clime
of half-conscious in my chamber high,
I heard the jackdaws murmering "Let us fly,
let's fly", 'twas near the ploughman's starting time,
and many feeble caws in answer chime,
"Hie, hie away, grey heads". When they had flown,
there was a perfect lull, and I went down
into deep slumber beneath dream or rhyme.
But suddenly a louder clamour came,
the little jackdaws clamouring everyone,
the old beaks had returned with worm fly:
I looked up and the room was all aflame,
above the treetops was the brave young sun,
the lark was up beside him in the sky.
W.B.S."
Object no :
EADO011n
Collection :
Creator :
William Bell Scott (1811 - 1890)
Place of Production :
Penkill Castle, Ayrshire
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
ink on paper
Location :
NA
Accession number :
KIMMG: PK/W127
Copyright :
East Ayrshire Council