Poem by Anonymous

Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey

THE EARTH goeth on the earth,
  Glistering like gold;
The earth goeth to the earth,
  Sooner than it wold;
The earth builds on the earth
  Castles and towers;
The earth says to the earth,
  All shall be ours.

1. Gathering of Atholl
2. Lord Strafford’s Meditations in the Tower
3. The Bells of Fletching
4. The Old Scottish Gentleman
5. Barthram’s Dirge

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