Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORAG OF THE GLEN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: When morag of the glen was fey Last Line: Morag is white as the driven snow! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Death; Ireland; Marriage; Murder; Mysticism; Women; Dead, The; Irish; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
When Morag of the Glen was fëy They took her where the Green Folk stray: And there they left her, night and day, A day and night they left her, fëy. And when they brought her home again, Aye of the Green Folk was she fain: They brought her leannan, Roy M'Lean, She looked at him with proud disdain. For I have killed a man, she said, A better man than you to wed: I slew him when he clasped my head. And now he sleepeth with the dead. And did you see that little wren? My sister dear it was flew, then! That skull her home, that eye her den, Her song is Morag o' the Glen! For when she went I did not go, But washed my hands in blood-red woe; O wren, trill out your sweet song's flow Morag is white as the driven snow! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX |
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