Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMAIRGEN, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poet's Biography First Line: Amairgen the white-kneed sang Last Line: Amairgen, the singer of yore. Subject(s): Praise; Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
AMAIRGEN the White-kneed sang, And his song was great and sweet, For the heart within him beat In tune with the heart of the world. Amairgen the White-kneed sang; I am the Wave of the Sea, And the murmur of Ocean free, And the Bull of the Seven Fights. Amairgen the White-kneed sang; I am a Tear of the Sun, And of Plants the fairest one, And the Vulture upon the rock. Amairgen the White-kneed sang; I am the Boar of the woods, And the Salmon that leaps the floods, And the Lake in the plains am I. Amairgen the White-kneed lives In the heart of things that are; But his children moan afar From his light, and count him dead. He knew, and was, and is: But his kinsfolk will not see The heart of the world as he, Amairgen, the singer of yore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A SEA STORY by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY |
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