REGINALD HILL
ON BEULAH HEIGHT
A Dalziel and Pascoe novel
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For Allan
a wandering minstrel, he!
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
JOHN BUNYAN: The Pilgrim’s Progress
O where is tinye Hew?
And where is little Lenne?
And where is bonny Lu?
And Menie of the Glenne?
And where’s the place of rest –
The ever changing hame?
Is it the gowan’s breast,
Or ’neath the bells of faem?
Ay, lu, lan, dil y’u
ANON: The Gloamyne Buchte
Wir holen sie ein auf jenen Höh’n
Im Sonnenschein.
Der Tag ist schön auf jenen Höh’n
FRIEDRICH RÜCKERT:
Kindertotenlieder IV
Contents
Day One: A Happy Rural Seat of Various View