Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAMENT FOR MACRIMMON, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poet's Biography First Line: Mist wreathes stern coolin like a cloud Last Line: Before macrimmon home return! Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Lament | ||||||||
I. MIST wreathes stern Coolin like a cloud, The water-wraith is shrieking loud, And blue eyes gush with tears that burn, For theewho shall no more return! Macrimmon shall no more return, Oh never, never more return! Earth, wrapt in doomsday flames, shall burn, Before Macrimmon home return! II. The wild winds wail themselves asleep, The rills drop tear-like down the steep, In forest glooms the songsters mourn, For theewho shall no more return! Macrimmon shall no more return, &c. III. Even hoar old Ocean joins our wail, Nor moves the boat, though bent with sail; Fierce shrieking gales the breakers churn, For theewho shall no more return! Macrimmon shall no more return, &c. IV. No more, at eve, thy harp in hall Shall from the tower faint echoes call; There songless circles vainly mourn For theewho shall no more return! Macrimmon shall no more return, &c. V. Thou shalt return not from afar With wreaths of peace, or spoils of war; Each breast is but affection's urn For theewho shall no more return! Macrimmon shall no more return, Oh never, never more return, Earth, wrapt in doomsday flames, shall burn, Before Macrimmon home return! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY ASKING THAT IT BE THE LAST; FOR INGRID ERHARDT, 1951-1971 by NORMAN DUBIE ELEGY FOR WRIGHT & HUGO by NORMAN DUBIE ELEGY TO THE PULLEY OF SUPERIOR OBLIQUE by NORMAN DUBIE THE ELEGY FOR INTEGRAL DOMAINS by NORMAN DUBIE BRAVURA LAMENT by DANIEL HALPERN THE UNPEOPLED, CONVENTIONAL ROSE-GARDEN' by KENNETH REXROTH BETWEEN TWO WARS by KENNETH REXROTH THE RUSTIC LAD'S LAMENT IN THE TOWN by DAVID MACBETH MOIR |
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