Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ENCHANTRESS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: I fear eileen, the wild eileen Last Line: And, laughing, leave me here! Subject(s): Hearts; Love | ||||||||
I FEAR Eileen, the wild Eileen The eyes she lifts to mine, That laugh and laugh and never tell The half that they divine! She draws me to her lonely cot Ayont the Tulloch Hill; And, laughing, draws me to her door And, laughing, holds me still. I bless myself and bless myself, But in the holy sign, There seems to be no heart of love, To still the pain in mine. The morning, bright above the moor, Is bright no more for me A weary bit of burning pain Is where my heart should be! For since the wild, sweet laugh of her Has drawn me to her snare, The only sunlight in the world Is shining from her hair. Yet well I know, ah, well I know Why 'tis so sweet and wild She slept beneath a faery thorn, She is a faery child! And so I leave my mother lone, No meal to fill the pot, And follow, follow wild Eileen, If so I will or not. I fear to meet her in the glen, Or seek her by the shore; I fear to lift her cabin's latch, Butshould she come no more! O Eileen Og, O wild Eileen, My heart is wracked with fear Lest you should meet your faery kin, And, laughing, leave me here! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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