Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GENTLE HUGH HERRIES, by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go seek in the wild glen Last Line: My gentle hugh herries. | ||||||||
Go seek in the wild glen Where streamlets are falling, Go seek on the lone hill Where curlews are calling; Go seek when the clear stars Shine down without number, For there shall ye find him My true love in slumber. They sought in the wild glen -- The glen was forsaken; They sought on the mountain, 'Mang lang lady-bracken; And sore, sore they hunted My true love to find him, With the strong bands of iron To fetter and bind him. Yon green hill I'll give thee, Where the falcon is flying, To show me the den where This bold traitor's lying -- Oh make me of Nithsdale's Fair princedom the heiress, Is that worth one smile of My gentle Hugh Herries? The white bread, the sweet milk, And ripe fruits, I found him, And safe in my fond arms I clasp'd and I wound him; I warn you go not where My true lover tarries, For sharp smites the sword of My gentle Hugh Herries. They rein'd their proud war-steeds, Away they went sweeping, And behind them dames wail'd, and Fair maidens went weeping; But deep in you wild glen, 'Mang banks of blae-berries, I dwell with my loved one, My gentle Hugh Herries. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AIN COUNTREE by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE POET'S BRIDAL DAY SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM THE SPRING OF THE YEAR by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM AWAKE, MY LOVE by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM JOHN GRUMLIE by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM ASOLANDO: NOW by ROBERT BROWNING A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY SHADOWS by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR THE SANDPIPER by CELIA LEIGHTON THAXTER |
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