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Bog

Secrets bide in the bog
O warld, an weird, an wid
Still, an quate as a thocht
Sooked deep doon, an hid.

Midnicht meens lie there
Happt bi broon peat bree
Like coins in a kelpie’s lair
Ye’ve tyned, an canna pree.

Secrets bide in the bog
O warld, an weird, an wid
Still, an quate as a thocht
Sooked deep doon, an hid.