Stairs fly as straight as hawks;
Or else in spirals, curve out of curve, pausing
At a ledge to poise their wings before relaunching.
Stairs sway at the height of their flight
Like a melody in Tristan;
Or swoop to the ground with glad spread of their feathers
Before they close them.

They curiously investigate
The shells of buildings,
A hollow core,
Shell in a shell.

Useless to produce their path to infinity
Or turn it to a moral symbol,
For their flight is ambiguous, upwards or downwards as you please;
Their fountain is frozen,
Their concertina is silent.

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Poems in English 

• Address to the Toothache by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to the shade of Thomson by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to the Deil by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to Edinburgh by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address to a Haggis by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Address spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Adam Armour’s Prayer by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Winter Night by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Vision by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc. by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Prayer under the Pressure of Violent Anguish by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Prayer in the Prospect of Death by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-Begotten Daughter by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A New Psalm for the Chapel of Kilmarnock by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Mother’s Lament for her Son’s Death by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Grace before Dinner by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• A Grace after Dinner by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• News, lassies, news (Song) by Robert Burns by Robert Burns
• Mally’s meek, Mally’s sweet (Song) by Robert Burns by Robert Burns

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