Mars is braw in crammasy, Venus in a green silk goun, The auld mune shak’s her gowden feathers, Their starry talk’s a wheen o’ blethers, Nane for thee a thochtie sparin’ Earth, thou bonnie broukit bairn! – But greet, an’ in your tears ye’ll drown The haill clanjamfrie! By Hugh MacDiarmid via Scottish Poetry Library
