Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DYING BARD, by WALTER SCOTT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dinas emlinn, lament; for the moment is nigh Last Line: Farewell, my loved harp! My last treasure, farewell! Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Wales; Welshmen; Welshwomen | ||||||||
I. DINAS EMLINN, lament; for the moment is nigh, When mute in the woodlands thine echoes shall die; No more by sweet Teivi Cadwallon shall rave, And mix his wild notes with the wild-dashing wave. II. In spring and in autumn thy glories of shade, Unhonored shall flourish, unhonored shall fade; For soon shall be lifeless the eye and the tongue, That viewed them with rapture, with rapture, with rapture that sung. III. Thy sons, Dinas Emlinn, may march in their pride, And chase the proud Saxon from Prestatyn's side; But where is the harp shall give life to their name? And where is the bard shall give heroes their fame? IV. And oh, Dinas Emlinn! thy daughters so fair, Who heave the white bosom, and wave the dark hair, What tuneful enthusiast shall worship their eye, When half of their charms with Cadwallon shall die? V. Then adieu, silver Teivi! I quit thy loved scene, To join the dim choir of the bards who have been; With Lewarch, and Meilor, and Merlin the Old, And sage Taliessin, high harping to hold. VI. And adieu, Dinas Emlinn! still green be thy shades, Unconquered thy warriors, and matchless thy maids! And thou whose faint warblings my weakness can tell, Farewell, my loved Harp! my last treasure, farewell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM; AN ODE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON WALES VISITATION by ALLEN GINSBERG WELSH INCIDENT by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES THE BARD; A PINDARIC ODE by THOMAS GRAY THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT by THOMAS GRAY WELSH LANDSCAPE by RONALD STUART THOMAS BORDER BALLAD [OR MARCH, OR SONG], FR. THE MONASTERY by WALTER SCOTT GATHERING SONG OF DONALD [OR, DONUI DHU] THE BLACK by WALTER SCOTT |
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