Seafoam, Nova Scotia
Fix your gaze upon the East
oh men of Scotland
memories as glowing sunrises
of remembrance, buried passions
resting in peaceful slumber on
a lonely hill
overlooking Northumberland Strait-
McDonald, native of Argyle, Shire
parish of Appin, died in 1838
"I come at Thy command
I give my spirit of Thy hand.
"Colquhon in 1850 and Henderson too,
McLeod in 1865, Parish of Kildonan
Melville in 1853, from Perthshire
and Campbell, with sons Alexander and
Murray-
Pause upon the swelling tide,
search northward, enjoy a surge of pride
this land is still your kin
who came after as builders, and
dreamers and history-makers, you
spawned them and they remember...
Red sand forms along the beach,
winds tear at hill's lofty retreat
and a baby blue sky provides a
warming blanket for the land
your sons and their sons are
true brothers of the soil.
© 2000-2009 Richard L. Provencher
All Rights Reserved
Comments
SundaysChild | May 21, 2009 - 02:10
Gorgeous.
Richard L. Prov... | May 21, 2009 - 02:23
Thank you, SundaysChild. A sad event occurred there many years ago; during a snowstorm. a brother and sister, age 12 and 13, riding a ski-doo, plunged to their deaths over the nearby cliff, and they too are buried there. So I discovered the significance of this very old cemetery which sadly blended young and older generations. Isn't this what writing is all about--a journal of events, feelings and vision, with love for mankind, the twine? Richard LP
Richard L. Prov... | May 21, 2009 - 02:24
Richard L. Provencher
SundaysChild | May 22, 2009 - 01:08
How tragic.
Writing is indeed a powerful means of expressing many things.