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I WILL FORGET by ALICE FURLONG

First Line: I WILL FORGET / THE MOANING OF THE SEA ABOUT ARAN
Last Line: (I SAY, AND IN MY SAYING, REMEMBER YET.)

I will forget
The moaning of the sea about Aran;
Green beaches wet,
And grey rocks barren--
The sea-moan, against rocks that hinder and let!
(I said, and in my saying, remembered yet.)

I am the cry of sea
Moaning about the rocks of Aran.
Ye are the rocks, cold rocks unmoved by me,
O dark-eyed people of Aran.

I will forget
The dark-eyed people of the Isles of the Old Sea:
Mairead-bheag, and Donal who talked with the Sidh
The dark-eyed people have their own fret,
Have their own glee.
I will forget,
(I say, and in my saying, remember yet.)



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