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Empty Vessel
In the Hugh MacDiarmid poem Empty Vessel, a young woman is found on a hillside mourning the loss of a child. Though only eight lines long, there are many ways to understand and interpret this profound Scots lyric poem. Read for Scots Hoose by actor Clare Yuille and illustrated by Anna Morozova.
Empty Vessel
by Hugh MacDiarmid
I met ayont the cairney
A lass wi tousie hair
Singin til a bairnie
That was nae langer there.
Wunds wi warlds tae swing
Dinna sing sae sweet,
The licht that bends owre a’thing
Is less ta’en up wi it.