SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 217 Title : Sonnet Echtene Author(s): Iain W D Forde Copyright holder(s): Iain W D Forde Text William Shakespeare Sall A compere ye ti a simmer's day? Ye ir mair bonie an mair leisumlik. Roch wins dae shak the deirie louks o Mey, An simmer's less hes aw tae schort a tid. Sumtyme ower het the ei o heiven shynes, An aften is hiz gowden lire ower-dit; An lillie-lik frae bewtie whyles doun dwynes Bi chance, or naiturs chyngin course onpairlt. Bot yeir aye-bydin simmer sanna feid, Nor tyne possessioun o thon schene ye owen, Nor sall Daith bloust ye wanner ben hiz sheid Whan in eternal lynes ti tyme ye'r growein. Sae lang as men can brethe or ein can sei, Sae lang leives this, an this gies lyfe ti ye. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Informed lay people: Specialists: Males: Females: Other: Anyone interested in Scots Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 2000 Title of original (if translation): Sonnet Eighteen Author of original (if translation): William Shakespeare Language of original (if translation): English Word count: 121 Text medium Periodical/journal: Text setting Other: literary and linguistic interest Text type Poem/song/ballad: Other: (Sonnet) Author Author details Author id: 624 Forenames: Iain Initials: W D Surname: Forde Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1930 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Retired Architect Place of birth: Edinburgh Region of birth: Midlothian Birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Edinburgh Region of residence: Edinburgh Residence CSD dialect area: midLoth Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Publisher Father's place of birth: Edinburgh Father's region of birth: Midlothian Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Teacher Mother's place of birth: Edinburgh Mother's region of birth: Midlothian Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: midLoth Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Everywhere Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Where appropriate