Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RED MAN'S WIFE, by JAMES STEPHENS


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THE RED MAN'S WIFE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: After great fire
Last Line: They fell by deirdre!
Subject(s): Ireland; Irish


After great fire
Great frost
Comes following!

Turgesius was lost
By the daughter of Maelscheachlin,
The King,

By Grainne,
Of high Ben Gulbain in the north,
Was Diarmuid lost!

The strong sons of Uisneac,
Who never submitted,
They fell by Deirdre!





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