All persons interested in Scottish heritage and the many Scottish contributions to American life, history and
traditions are welcome to participate in our meetings and activities.
Fun and fellowship. A wee blether. Some good sweets. Joining in the closing circle to sing "Auld Lang Syne." Fun events to
share throughout the month.
That's Scottish warmth and friendliness. The 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Ricardo Montalban room at LaHacienda
Center in Spanish Springs. Share our enthusiasm for all things Scottish!
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Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.
O Caledonia! stern and, wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood
Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of my sires! what mortal hand
Can e'er untie the filial band,
That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Extract from "Lay of the Last Minstrel"
Sir Walter Scott Canto Sixth verses 1 and 2
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