For thou wert still the poor man’s stay…

For thou wert still the poor man’s stay, The poor man’s heart, The poor man’s hand; And all the oppressed, Who wanted strength, Had thine at their command.

-Excerpt from “Rob Roy’s Grave” (Memorials of a Tour in Scotland) William Wordsworth, 1803

Photo by Bart Hanneke, 2007

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