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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOVE-CHANT OF CORMAC CONLINGAS, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Where is the swan that is whiter, with breast Last Line: Eilidh, eilidh, o-rì, eilidh, eilidh! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Desire; Longing; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Singing & Singers; Male-female Relations | |||
Oimé, Oimé, woman of the white breasts, Eilidh! Woman of the golden hair, and lips of the red, red rowan! Oimé, O-rì, Oimé! Where is the swan that is whiter, with breast more smooth, Or the wave on the sea that moves as thou movest, Eilidh— Oimé, a-rò; Oimé, a-rò! It is the marrow in my bones that is aching, aching, Eilidh: It is the blood in my body that is a bitter wild tide, Oimé! O-rì, Ohion, O-rì, aròne! Is it the heart of thee calling that I am hearing, Eilidh, Or the wind in the wood, or the beating of the sea, Eilidh, Or the beating of the sea? Shule, shule agràh, shule agràh, shule agràh, Shule! Heart of me, move to me! move to me, heart of me, Eilidh, Eilidh, Move to me! Ah! let the wild hawk take it, the name of me, Cormac Conlingas, Take it and tear at thy heart with it, heart that of old was so hot with it, Eilidh, Eilidh, O-rì, Eilidh, Eilidh! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS |
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