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Written in Scots dialect, describing "revellers drinking through the night" and "hordes o' bonnie lasses". Competition | 6 September 2008 | The Spectator

A somber take on the festival crowds at Glastonbury's fields. Be Bare Too 9-6-08

The phrase "And youthful bodies bare" is a line from one of the winning entries, specifically a parody of A.E. Housman written by Basil Ransome-Davies. Written in Scots dialect

The feature included several winning poems that reimagined the music festival through the voices of poets like Wilfred Owen , Robert Burns , and John Milton . Other Winning Entries (9-6-08) Be Bare Too 9-6-08

It was a literary competition hosted by The Spectator (Competition No. 2560) that challenged entrants to write a poem about the Glastonbury Festival in the style of a famous deceased poet.