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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOHN O'DWYER OF THE GLEN, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Blithe the bright dawn found me Last Line: Scenes and sights appalling / plague and haunt me here | |||
BLITHE the bright dawn found me, Rest with strength had crown'd me, Sweet the birds sang round me, Sport was all their toil. The horn its clang was keeping, Forth the fox was creeping, Round each dame stood weeping, O'er the prowler's spoil. Hark! the foe is calling, Fast the woods are falling, Scenes and sights appalling Mark the wasted soil. War and confiscation Curse the fallen nation; Gloom and desolation Shade the lost land o'er. Chill the winds are blowing, Death aloft is going, Peace or hope seems growing For our race no more. Hark! the foe is calling, Fast the woods are falling, Scenes and sights appalling Throng the blood-stained shore. Nobles, once high-hearted, From their homes have parted, Scattered, scared, and started By a base-born band. Spots that once were cheering, Girls beloved, endearing, Friends from whom I'm steering, Take this parting tear. Hark! the foe is calling, Fast the woods are falling, Scenes and sights appalling Plague and haunt me here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest..."'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS A HORSE AND A FLEA AND THREE BLIND MICE by ANONYMOUS "A LAIRD, A LORD / A COOPER, A THIEF" by ANONYMOUS A LITTLE COCK SPARROW SAT ON A GREEN TREE by ANONYMOUS |
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