Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man

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    “‘O fy gar ride, and fy gar rin,
    And haste ye find these traitors again;
    For she’s be burnt and he’s be slain,
    The wearifu’ gaberlunzie man.’”
    —Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 49–52)

    “By words, by voices, a lost way—
    And here above the chimney stack
    The unknown constellations sway—
    And by what way shall I go back?”
    —Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)

    “‘O fy gar ride, and fy gar rin,
    And haste ye find these traitors again;
    For she’s be burnt and he’s be slain,
    The wearifu’ gaberlunzie man.’”
    —Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 49–52)

    “A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.”
    —Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)