Of A’ the Airts
In Chapter 13 of Rainbow Valley, John Meredth meets Rosemary West and walks home with her:
“You have the whole world at your doorstep here,” said John Meredith, with a long breath. “What a view– what an outlook! At times I feel stifled down there in the Glen. You can breathe up here.”
“It is calm to-night,” said Rosemary laughing. “If there were a wind it would blow your breath away. We get ‘a’ the airts the wind can blow’ up here. This place should be called Four Winds instead of the Harbour.”
“I like wind,” he said. “A day when there is no wind seems to me dead. A windy day wakes me up.” He gave a conscious laugh. “On a calm day I fall into day dreams. No doubt you know my reputation, Miss West. If I cut you dead the next time we meet don’t put it down to bad manners. Please understand that it is only abstraction and forgive me–and speak to me.”
Of A’ the Airts
Robert Burns
Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw,
I dearly like the west,
For there the bonnie lassie lives,
The lassie I lo’e best:
There’s wild woods grow, and rivers row,
And mony a hill between;
But day and night my fancy’s flight
Is ever wi’ my Jean.
I see her in the dewy flowers,
I see her sweet and fair;
I hear her in the tunefu’ birds,
I hear her charm the air:
There’s not a bonnie flower that springs
By fountain, shaw, or green,
There’s not a bonie bird that sings,
But minds me o’ my Jean.
































