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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"WAR-SONG OF LACHLAND, HIGH CHIEF OF MACLEAN", by ANONYMOUS First Line: A weary month has wander'd o'er Last Line: The fools might face the lightning's blaze / as wisely and as well! Subject(s): War | |||
A WEARY month has wander'd o'er Since last we parted on the shore; Heaven! that I saw thee, love, once more, Safe on that shore again! 'Twas valiant Lachlan gave the word -- Lachlan, of many a galley lord: He call'd his kindred bands on board, And launch'd them on the main. Clan-Gillian is to ocean gone -- Clan-Gillian, fierce in foray known; Rejoicing in the glory won In many a bloody broil: For wide is heard the thundering fray, The rout, the ruin, the dismay, When from the twilight glens away Clan-Gillian drives the spoil. Woe to the hills that shall rebound Our banner'd bagpipes' maddening sound; Clan-Gillian's onset echoing round Shall shake their in most cell. Woe to the bark whose crew shall gaze Where Lachlan's silken streamer plays! The fools might face the lightning's blaze As wisely and as well! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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