dream_weaver 607 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 BURNS' CENTENARY, by Charles Murray(1864-1941) "I'll be more respected a hundred years after I am dead than I am at present."—R. B., 1796. "My fame is sure; when I am dead A century," the Poet said, "They'll heap the honours on my head They grudge me noo"; To-day the hundred years hae sped That prove it true. Whiles as the feathered ages flee, Time sets the sand-glass on his knee, An' ilka name baith great an' wee Shak's thro' his sieve; Syne sadly wags his pow to see The few that live. An' still the quickest o' the lot Is his wha made the lowly cot A shrine, whaur ilka rev'rent Scot Bareheadit turns. Our mither's psalms may be forgot, But never Burns. This nicht, auld Scotland, dry your tears, An' let nae sough o' grief come near's; We'll speak o' Rab's gin he could hear's; Life's but a fivver, And he's been healed this hundred years To live for ever. MisterSwig 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Morris 44 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 6 hours ago, dream_weaver said: I'll be more respected a hundred years after I am dead than I am at present. I guess something similar applies to Ayn Rand. I can't guarantee that a hundred years will be enough in her case. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dream_weaver 607 Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 3 hours ago, Doug Morris said: I guess something similar applies to Ayn Rand. I can't guarantee that a hundred years will be enough in her case. This poem, presumably written in 1896 and published in Hamewith (1900), was a tribute to Robert Burn (1759-1796) by Charles Murray. In what way might Charles Murray have been a tribute by Ayn Rand? I would caution that correlation, in this sense, is not necessarily causation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug Morris 44 Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I was not referring to Charles Murray. I was referring to the idea of someone being better appreciated 100 years after their death than at the time of their death. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dream_weaver 607 Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 Time will tell. My question may have been better phrased as, in what way could it be viewed as Ayn Rand having paid tribute to Charles Murray. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harrison Danneskjold 162 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Who is An'Ilka and what's a Pow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dream_weaver 607 Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Spoiler alert: Charles Murray was the signal engineer from the Chicago terminal requested by Dagny to repair the interlocker. Touché @Harrison Danneskjold An 'ilka and a Pow appear to reference back to Robert Burns, the source of the quote heading Charles Murray's peom in the O.P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dream_weaver 607 Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 33 minutes ago, dream_weaver said: Spoiler alert: Charles Murray was the signal engineer from the Chicago terminal requested by Dagny to repair the interlocker. Touché @Harrison Danneskjold An 'ilka and a Pow appear to reference back to Robert Burns, the source of the quote heading Charles Murray's poem in the O.P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MisterSwig 195 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 10 hours ago, Harrison Danneskjold said: Who is An'Ilka and what's a Pow? "An' ilka name baith great an' wee" And every name both great and wee "Syne sadly wags his pow to see" Time sadly wags his head to see That is a curious line. It seems to reference a famous Burns poem called "Auld Lang Syne" and depict Time's head moving side-to-side like an old clock's pendulum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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