I never use words that are not in the dictionary. You're just not looking into the right dictionary. Incidentally, is this a foreign language?
On Seein an Aik-Tree Sprent Wi Galls
In Aprile, at the licht o noon,
whan leean hauf-licht there was nane,
nae flichtie ferlie was to blame
for yon queer sicht: an aik in blume.
Ben ilka flure there bode a worm
in borrowed housie bien an warm;
to bigg its bield the twist was torn
and beauty browden'd it in turn.
My Makar! God wha made me dour
as ony aik, my worm is dear;
oh grant amang this warldis steir,
that I may florische in the sture.
The poet is Robert Garioch
[This message has been edited by John Whitworth (edited September 11, 2008).]
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