Paddy Scott Hogg

Beneath the Heavens' perfect blue
My life I'd dedicate to you
Walls of happiness circle round
In Trust and Peace are comforts found.
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When worldly cares and woes beguile
Take me to the Sea a while
There in silken splendour deep
Gather peace a heart to keep.
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Are stolen fruits the most exciting?
Down on you with tongue delighting
As a butterfly lands on a flower
Then rough and wild hour on hour
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EVERY RIVER MUST FIND ITS OWN WAY TO THE SEA
LIKE THE SOUL AND THE SPIRIT SEARCH TO BE FREE
THERE’S A VOICE IN THE GALE & A CANDLE BURNS BRIGHT
A PATH THROUGH THE DARKNESS, A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
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Grey mists of a morning;
Wild Winter’s adorning,
All forest, woodland and sea.
Black clouds on the headland
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Water in crystal goblets form
Fall into a silky sea
Effervescent rays spread out
Atoms pulse through me
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The golden sun sets o’er the sea
Across the sand you walk with me
The stars begin to fill the skies
You are the Heaven in my eyes
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The sun sinks golden o’er the sea
The stars begin to sparkle bright
Across the sand you walk with me
That wave enchanted summer night
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No more will we stumble and fall
On the sand at Portobello beach
Rolling in laughter
In love and in happiness.
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Far sweeps the Westwinds' wailin' sigh
Chargin' clouds race 'cross the sky,
Tempest'ous in rampage:
First rain, then sleet, then hail and sna'
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Come gether roon an hear the fame
O a “Poet” wha fell tae shame
********* ********** is his name
At Glesca Cross.
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Yours am I my lassie fair
Yours, my lovely dearie O;
Every heartbeat I declare;
Every rovin’ fancy, O.
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After the storm
Is this the calmer waters
The peaceful harbour
After youth’s chaos
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Twixt Portpatrick and Ardwell bay
In the south Rhins of Galloway
There is a cave, weel hid away
Upon a rocky shore.
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(Chorus to start)

Take Me back on the Wings of Glory
Carry me far across the sea;
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'To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour'. Blake - Auguries of Innocence
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Swimming on the surface of the soft, silky sea;
Surfacing upon each wave that breaks free;
Running with the floodtide as the moon is full;
Brightly it shimmers silver upon our school.
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The candles were lit
I watched her undress
Stood in awe
Our arms embraced
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My nation’s spirit is my Queen
She rules majestic, evergreen
Caledonia’s voice for whom I sing
Immortal muse, my verses bring!
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'Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears'
While we look back to the days of yore
'There’s a voice that will linger, forever in our ears
Oh Hard times, come again no more'
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