Eident indwaller o that wilderness
Reddin and guidin it fir your domain:
Smaa pioneer, makar miraculous,
Frien beaver: tak this haun’s-turn o my ain…

—Tom Hubbard, “Beaver”
published in From Soda Fountain to Moonshine Mountain (Akros, 2004)
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https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/beaver/

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