In the Dungeon of Duntulm Castle (A Cyhydedd Hir) Elizabeth Spencer Spragins Wailing winds of Skye Cut the heart with cry For bread, crust of rye, In tortured dreams. Lads who would betray Their laird plead and pray: Fettered limbs decay As time unseams. Demon hunger hones Ligaments and bones Buried under stones That crushed their schemes. Seaside cliffs are steep, Dungeon tunnels deep. Madness reives their sleep But not their screams. ~Ruins of Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye, Scotland […]
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