I. WRAP him in his banner, the best shroud of the brave -- Wrap him in his @3onchu@1, and take him to his grave -- Lay him not down lowly, like bulwark overthrown, But, gallantly upstanding, as if risen from his throne, With his @3craiseach@1 in his hand, and his sword on his thigh, With his war-belt on his waist, and his @3cathbharr@1 on high -- Put his @3fleasg@1 upon his neck -- his green flag round him fold, Like ivy round a castle wall -- not conquered, but grown old -- @3Mhuire as truagh! A mhuire as truagh! A mhuire as truagh! ochon!@1 Weep for him! Oh! weep for him, but remember, in your moan, That he died, in his pride, -- with his foes about him strown. II. Oh! shrine him in Beinn-Edair with his face to wards the foe, As an emblem that not death our defiance can lay low -- Let him look across the waves from the promontory's breast, To menace back The East, and to sentinel The West; Sooner shall these channel waves the iron coast cut through, Than the spirit he has left, yield, Easterlings! to you -- Let his coffin be the hill, let the eagles of the sea Chorus with the surges round, the @3tuireamh@1 of the free! @3'Mhuire as truagh! A mhuire as truagh! A mhuire as truagh! ochon!@1 Weep for him! Oh! weep for him, but remember, in your moan, That he died, in his pride, -- with his foes about him strown! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDIAN WOMAN'S DEATH-SONG by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC by BEN JONSON TO THE PENDING YEAR by WALT WHITMAN THE WASPS: THE TRIAL OF THE DOG by ARISTOPHANES PENTRIDGE BY THE RIVER by WILLIAM BARNES THEIR VERY MEMORY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |