Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIRY SINGING, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: She was my love and the pulse of my / heart Last Line: Empty the arms that your beauty had blessed. Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Singing & Singers | ||||||||
SHE was my love and the pulse of my heart; Lovely she was as the flowers that start Straight to the sun from the earth's tender breast, Sweet as the wind blowing out of the west Elana, Elana, my strong one, my white one, Soft be the wind blowing over your rest! She crept to my side In the cold mist of morning. "O wirra" she cried, "'Tis farewell now, mavourneen! When the crescent moon hung Like a scythe in the sky, I heard in the silence The Little Folks cry. "'Twas like a low sighing, A sobbing, a singing; It came from the west, Where the low moon was swinging: 'Elana, Elana' Was all of their crying. Mavrone! I must go To refuse them, I dare not. Alone I must go; They have called and they care not Naught do they care that they call me apart From the warmth and the light and the love of your heart. Hark! How their singing Comes winging, comes winging, Through your close arms, beloved, Straight to my heart!" White grew her face as the thorn's tender bloom, White as the mist from the valley of doom! Swift was her goingher head on my breast Drooped like a flower that winter has pressed Elana, Elana! My strong one, my white one! Empty the arms that your beauty had blessed. | 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 CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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