At sunset, Dalry Cemetery

Kilbirnie

O' gracious peace and silence
Where voices lose their power
The setting sun brings darkness
To the last awaiting hours

With Lords and paupers stilled
Together till the light
Where 'er they are in consciousness
God speed to them tonight

By Biggarts' son or Uncle John
Youth and age does lie
For walls between the old and new
Lie strong in earthly eyes

But somewhere else upon the shores
Dalry folk rise again
Where no walls or tombs pervade
Religion, class or kin

And as our thoughts rise higher
Away from bricks and stone
Those Dalry folk, one by one
Will come to take us home

There at the crossings full of folk
Who long ago were ken't
Again the tears of union
Will declare the time well spent