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Subject: DEIRDRE
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DEIRDRE IS DEAD, by WILLIAM SHARP    Poem Text                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The grey wind weeps, the grey wind weeps, the grey wind weeps
Last Line: Dust on her breast, dust on her eyes, the grey wind weeps!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Brigid Of Ireland, Saint (453-523); Death; Deirdre; Drowning; Grief; Wind; Bridget, Saint; Brigit Of Kildare, Saint; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness


DEIRDRE WEDDED, by HERBERT TRENCH    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: I stood on the hill of time when the sun
Subject(s): Deirdre


DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO ALBA, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                
First Line: Farewell to fair alba, high house of the sun
Subject(s): Deirdre


DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                
First Line: A beloved land is yon land in the east
Subject(s): Deirdre


DEIRDRE'S LAMENT FOR THE SONS OF USNACH, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                
First Line: The lions of the hill are gone
Last Line: "dig the grave and make it ready, / lay me on my true love's body"
Subject(s): Deirdre;red Branch Knights (ireland)