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THE SONG OF THE SWORD OF ALAN, FR. KIDNAPPED, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the song of the sword of alan
Last Line: Here is your meat.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Swords


This is the song of the sword of Alan:
The smith made it,
The fire set it;
Now it shines in the hand of Alan Breck.

Their eyes were many and bright,
Swift were they to behold,
Many the hands they guided:
The sword was alone.

The dun deer troop over the hill,
They are many, the hill is one:
The dun deer vanish,
The hill remains.

Come to me from the hills of heather,
Come from the isles of the sea.
O far-beholding eagles,
Here is your meat.





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