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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: LEGENDS, IRISH Matches Found: 24 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "THE SONG OF CREDE, DAUGHTER OF GUARE", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: These are the arrows that murder sleep Last Line: "as every hour of the night's black deep, / these are the arrows that murder sleep" Subject(s): "legends, Irish; A FAERY SONG, SUNG BY THE PEOPLE OF FAERY OVER DIARMUID, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: We who are old, old and gay Last Line: If all were told. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Fairies; Legends, Irish; Elves ACHONRY (THE LEGEND OF ERIN'S HOPE), by JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The mood of the spring time subtly crept Last Line: "^1^ ""malo mori quam foedari""—""death sooner than dishonour!"" see notes." Alternate Author Name(s): Gage, Gervais Subject(s): Bells; Clergy; Legends, Irish; Monasteries; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Abbeys; Journeys; Trips CREDHE'S LAMENT FOR CAIL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "o'er thy chief, thy rushing chief, loch da conn" Last Line: And the sea beasts bellow Subject(s): "legends, Irish;love; CUCHULAIN COMFORTED, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man that had six mortal wounds, a man Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Cuchulain; Immortality; Legends, Irish CUCHULAIN COMFORTED, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man that had six mortal wounds, a man Last Line: They had changed their throats and had the throats of birds Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Cuchulain; Immortality; Legends, Irish CUCHULAIN'S FIGHT WITH THE SEA, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man came slowly from the setting sun Last Line: And fought with the invulnerable tide. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Cuchulain; Legends, Irish DEATH OF CUCHULAIN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man came slowly from the setting sun Last Line: For four days warred he with the bitter tide; %and the waves flowed above him, and he died Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Cuchulain; Legends, Irish GRAINNE: AFTER THE DEATH OF DIARMUID, by CATHAL O'BYRNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forth from the twilight of a wood she came Last Line: Deep in the inmost core of her lone heart. Subject(s): Legends, Irish; Love - Loss Of HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND BELOVED, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Do you not hear me calling, white deer with no horns? Last Line: And lay in the darkness, grunting, and turning to his rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Legends, Irish KATE KEARNEY, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why doth the maiden turn away Last Line: And pine, the victims of a dream. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Legends, Irish MACHA, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Macha, the ice age Subject(s): Legends, Irish THE ABBOT OF INISFALEN, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: The abbot of inisfalen / awoke ere dawn of day Last Line: From ancient woods arise. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Legends, Irish THE CHARIOT OF CUCHULLIN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "the car, light moving, I behold" Last Line: "of the wild chafer's dark-brown hues, / the color that his flanks imbues" Subject(s): "animals;horses;legends, Irish; THE DEATH OF CUCHULAIN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man came slowly from the setting sun Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Cuchulain; Legends, Irish THE DEER-STONE; A LEGEND OF GLENDALOUGH, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: It was the bride of colman dhu Last Line: Where once the milk had been. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Legends, Irish THE HAUNTED LAKE: THE IRISH MINSTREL'S LEGEND, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rose up the young moon; back she flung Last Line: Mid these northern halls, to the meed of fame. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Lakes; Legends, Irish; Pools; Ponds THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The host is riding from knocknarea Last Line: And niamh calling away, come away. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Legends, Irish THE KILLARNEY SNAKE, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is the time come? Is it to-morrow yet? Last Line: Is it not come? Is it to-morrow yet? Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Subject(s): Animals; Killarney (lakes), Ireland; Legends, Irish; Patrick, Saint (5th Century); Snakes; Serpents; Vipers THE LEGEND OF FERGUS LEIDESON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "one day king fergus, leide luthmar's son" Last Line: "he smile: he cast his trophy to the bank, / cried, 'I survivor, ulstermen!' and sank" Subject(s): "legends, Irish; THE VOYAGE OF MAELDUNE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was the chief of the race - he had stricken my father dead Last Line: When I landed again with a tithe of my men, on the isle of finn! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Legends, Irish THE WOMAN OF BEARE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "ebbing, the wave of the sea" Last Line: Ebbs the wave of the sea Subject(s): "legends, Irish; THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO HELL; AN IRISH LEGEND, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Young dermod stood by his mother's side Last Line: And set her beside him there. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Hell; Legends, Irish TO THE ROSE UPON THE ROOD OF TIME, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Red rose, proud rose, sad rose of all my days! Last Line: Red rose, proud rose, sad rose of all my days. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Flowers; Ireland; Legends, Irish; Roses; Irish |
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