It’s no wonder the Highlands have been called melancholy.
—Felix Mendelssohn, 1829
It was an interlude, only—
one overcast afternoon of mist, then rain,
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Carrying the Shell to Iona
It’s no wonder the Highlands have been called melancholy.
—Felix Mendelssohn, 1829
It was an interlude, only—
one overcast afternoon of mist, then rain,
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