Poem by Anonymous

Limerick. “A rare old bird is the pelican…”

A rare old bird is the pelican,
His beak holds more that his belican.
        He can take in his beak
	Enough food for a week.
I’m damned it I know how the helican!

1. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey
2. The Old Scottish Gentleman
3. Barthram’s Dirge
4. Kate Kearney
5. Loch Ina

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