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Refrain Ad Inf. | Poem

 
 

REFRAIN AD INF. 

 
Time now to hoist the cornerstone 
For one more magpie brew, 
For slyly gathering gee-gaws 
To braid into cornsilk dew; 
Not day enough remains for sight 
Not night enough for flight: 
Many a shire shall craw this tune 
Ere another Bonnie's Doon. 

{{The archiver regrets that the other three hundred twenty verses are in Tartan, and await a suitable translation}} 
 

- David Mitchell
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