scotlit, 26 days ago

Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
Mindin’ through the strife,
Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
Lichts the grey o’ life.

—“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May
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