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George Mackay Brown

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George Mackay Brown

Birth
Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Death
16 Apr 1996 (aged 74)
Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Burial
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland Add to Map
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Scottish poet, main subject: The Orkney islands. Inscription on the gravestone :

To have carved on the days of our vanity
A sun
A ship
A star
A cornstalk
Also a few marks
From an ancient forgotten time
A child may read
That not far from the stone
A well might open for wayfarers
Here is a work for poets-
Carve the runes
Then be content with silence






More information on http://www.georgemackaybrown.co.uk/
Scottish poet, main subject: The Orkney islands. Inscription on the gravestone :

To have carved on the days of our vanity
A sun
A ship
A star
A cornstalk
Also a few marks
From an ancient forgotten time
A child may read
That not far from the stone
A well might open for wayfarers
Here is a work for poets-
Carve the runes
Then be content with silence






More information on http://www.georgemackaybrown.co.uk/

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George Mackay Brown
Poet
1921-1996
Carve the runes then be content with silence


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