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VERSÈS COMMEMORATIVE OF THE ANNUAL SUPPER GIVEN TO POOR OLD WOMEN, IN THE CITY HALL, GLASGOW, ALL WEARING WHITE " MUTCHES. "

I' M a lamiter, Girzie, or I wad hae been
At the feast o' the mutches hauden yestreen
In the big City Ha' — the notion was gran':
Thanks to the gude bodies wha thocht o' the plan.

A thoosan' white mutches! — what think ye o' that?
Nae haffitless bannet, nae bloomer or hat,
Was worn by the grannies that nicht......

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Memories engulf my soul
Consumed in brighter future
A pool of hope swelling
Bubbling and rushing to drown me

Freely i surrender
Feeling the waves of faith
Bursting forth in hope sparkles
Tossing my world in unending possibilities

Forever let me be
Chained in everlasting hope
I wholeheartedly give myself
Till i fullfil my dreams