Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
Babylon blaws by in stour:
Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…
—“Song”, by William Soutar (1898–1943)
published in William Soutar: Collected Works vol. 1 (Tippermuir Books, 2024)
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