Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMAIRGEN, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY


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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.





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