Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEAD LOVE (HEARD SUNG BY AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ISLAND OF TIREE), by ANONYMOUS



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DEAD LOVE (HEARD SUNG BY AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ISLAND OF TIREE), by                    
First Line: It is the grey rock I am
Last Line: As canna in wind
Subject(s): Aging;gray (color);mourning;women; Grey (color);bereavement


It is the grey rock I am,
And grey rain on the rock:
It is the grey wave . . .
That grey hound.

What (is it) to be old:
(It is to be as) the grey moss in winter:
Alasdair-mo-ghaol,
It is long since my laughter.

Alasdair-mo-ghaol,
The breast is shrivelled
That you said was white
As canna in wind.





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