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Part travelogue, part erotic romance, Till A' the Seas Gang Dry is a novella-in-progress by Squibstress. It is the third story from the author's Epithalamium series chronicling the life of Minerva McGonagall.
The title is taken from Scottish poet Robert Burns's 1794 song, "My Luv is Like a Red, Red Rose":
- O my Luve's like a red, red rose
- That's newly sprung in June:
- O my Luve's like the melodie
- That's sweetly play'd in tune
- As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
- So deep in luve am I;
- And I will luve thee still, my dear,
- Till a' the seas gang dry.
- Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
- And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
- And I will luve thee still, my dear,
- While the sands o' life shall run.
- And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!
- And fare-thee-weel, a while!
- And I will come again, my Luve,
- Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!
Summary[]
Till A' the Seas Gang Dry opens immediately after the epilogue of Epithalamium and follows Minerva and Albus Dumbledore on their adventures during a week's honeymoon in Venice.
Canon characters[]
- Minerva McGonagall
- Albus Dumbledore
Original characters[]
- Thorfinn McGonagall (Epithalamium series) (Minerva's father)
- Einar McGonagall (Minerva's brother)
- Katherine McGonagall (Einar's wife)
- Morna MacLaughlin (Minerva's grandmother)
- Drummond (Drum) Van Dusen (an American tourist)
- Mary Van Dusen (Drum's wife)
Story chapters[]
- Caithness: After the Wedding
- Paris: On the Orient Express
- Venice: Tintoretto & Tiziano
- Venice: San Marco & Il Racconto del Calamaro Gigante
- Venice: Gallerie dell’Accademia
Related media[]
Pinterest with images and music related to Till A' the Seas Gang Dry.
External links[]
- Family Echo genealogy page for characters in the Epithalamium series universe.
Epithalamium series | |
Novels | Epithalamium · Come Autumn, Sae Pensive (1967) |
Novellas | Till A' the Seas Gang Dry · Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart |
Stories | Bonnie Wee Thing · Winterreise (1976) · Familiar Rituals (1977) · Mammals of the Order Chiroptera (August 1995) · Ca' the Yowes (1996) · "After the Fall (June 1997) |
Characters | Minerva McGonagall · Albus Dumbledore · Severus Snape · Thorfinn McGonagall · Amelia Bones · Poppy Pomfrey · Alastor Moody |