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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO ALBA, by JOHN TODHUNTER Poet's Biography First Line: O land, land of my heart Last Line: But now I go with my lover! | |||
OLAND, Land of my heart, There sinks my joy in the waters! O Alba, ne'er would I leave thee, But now I go with my lover! I waft farewell o'er the waters To you, Dun-finn and Dun-fiagh, My love to the hills above you, My love to the isle of Drayno! O wood of Cone, green wood Where Ainli roved in the morning, Too short the days that I sigh for, No more in Alba with Naisi! Glen of Laith, Glen of Laith, Where warm I slept in thy covert, On badger's brawn and on venison You feasted me, Glen of Laith! Glen Masan, Glen Masan, Long grow the leaves of thy hart's-tongues; But never more shall ye rock me, O grassy creeks of Masan! But thou, Glen Eta, Glen Eta, Where first I ordered my homestead, O happy thou mad'st my rising, Sweet nook of the sun, Glen Eta! Glen of the Roes, Glen-da-Rua, Blest be the man who loves thee! Sweet shouts over bending branches The cuckoo in Glen-da-Rua! O Drayno of sounding shore, White gleams the sand through thy water, Dear Drayno, ne'er would I leave thee, But now I go with my lover! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEIRDRE'S GREAT LAMENTATION FOR THE SONS OF USNACH by JOHN TODHUNTER IRISH MELODIES by JOHN TODHUNTER THE DEATH-SONG OF TURANN by JOHN TODHUNTER THE LAMENT OF AIDEEN FOR OSCAR by JOHN TODHUNTER THE MARSEILLAISE by JOHN TODHUNTER THE SWANS' LAMENT FOR THE DESOLATION OF LIR by JOHN TODHUNTER |
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