Twa Brigs of Ayr : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Twa Brigs of Ayr / Robert Cutts
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| 説明 | The Auld Brig is in the foreground.When the original New Brig was built in 1788, Robert Burns was not impressed. He believed it wouldn't last and so wrote a poem in which the two bridges had a conversation. At one point the Auld Brig says:Conceited gowk! puff'd up wi' windy pride!This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide;And tho' wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn,I'll be a brig when ye're a shapeless cairn!The approximate meanings of some of the words follow:Gowk – cuckooMony – manyCrazy – crazed or infirmEild – old, antiquated, past sell-by dateSair – sore, distressed, grievedForfain – exhausted, played-out, worn-out, wearyCairn – heap of stonesAny translation loses much of the sense but here's an attempt:Conceited cuckoo! puffed up with windy pride!This many a year I’ve stood the flood and tide;And though with infirm old age I'm sore and weary,I’ll be a bridge when you're a shapeless heap of stones!Sure enough, in the flood of 1877, the New Brig was reduced to a shapeless cairn! The Auld Brig survived and, until the new bridge was rebuilt a year later, was again the only bridge. It still survives, though it has now been pedestrianised. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-08-14 11:24:14 |
| 撮影者 | Robert Cutts , Bristol, England, UK |
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