The Union: Or, Select Scots and English Poems
1861
The Union: Or, Select Scots and English Poems is an anthology of poetry first published in 1861, featuring a curated selection of works from both Scottish and English traditions. This collection highlights the poetic diversity and cultural connections between the two nations, showcasing lesser-known yet significant pieces from the mid-18th century. The preface emphasizes the importance of these works and the tradition of poetry collections in Britain, inviting readers to appreciate the richness of poetic expression.
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“Every generation loses the Messiah it has failed to deserve.””
— Unknown
“It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That's what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts.””
— Unknown
“My Saturday Night. My Saturday night is like a microwave burrito. Very tough to ruin something that starts out so bad to begin with.””
— Unknown
“I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is that he was ready to cut his own son's throat for the sake of a hare-brained idea. I don't care about red heifers and patriarchs and locusts. A bunch of old bones in the sand. My homeland is in my hat. It's in my ex-wife's tote bag.””
— Unknown
“Bina, thank you. Bina, listen, this guy. His name wasn't Lasker. This guy-'She puts a hand to his mouth. She has not touched him in three years. It probably would be too much to say that he feels the darkness lift at the touch of her fingertips against his lips. But it shivers, and light bleeds in among the cracks.””
— Unknown
“When some drunken fool asked if she was a lesbian, she would say, 'In everything but sexual preference.””
— Unknown
“Jesus Fucking Christ,” she says with that flawless hardpan accent of hers. It is an expression that always strikes Landsman as curious, or at least as something that he would pay money to see.””
— Unknown
“And that was when you realized the fire was inside you all the time. And that was the miracle. Just that.””
— Unknown
“Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself. ””
— Unknown
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