Poems MacCarthy, Florence Denis

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86 We, Scatha's pupils, ah, how sad the story! Sad is the deed and sorrowful the wrong: Thou to be dead without thy meed of glory, And I, oh! shame, to be alive and strong! Laegh interposed at length, and thus he said: "Good, O Cuchullin, let us leave the Ford, For long have we been here, by far too long." "Let us then leave it now," Cuchullin said, "O Laegh, my friend, but know that every fight In which I hitherto have drawn my sword, Has been but as a pastime and a sport Compared with this one with Ferdiah fought." And he was saying, and he spake these words: CUCHULLIN. Until Ferdiah sought the Ford, I played but with the spear and sword: Alike the teaching we received, Alike were glad, alike were grieved, Alike were we by Scatha's grace Deemed worthy of the highest place. Until Ferdiah sought the Ford, I played but with the spear and sword: Alike our habits and our ways, Alike our prowess and our praise, Alike the trophies of the brave, The glittering shields that Scatha gave. Until Ferdiah sought the Ford, I played but with the spear and sword: How dear to me, ah! who can know? This golden pillar here laid low, This mighty tree so strong and tall, The chief, the champion of us all! Until Ferdiah sought the Ford, I played but with the spear and sword: The lion rushing with a roar,
87 The wave that swallows up the shore, When storm-winds blow and heaven is dim, Could only be compared to him. Until Ferdiah sought the Ford, I played but with the spear and sword: Through me the friend I loved is dead, A cloud is ever on my head-- The mountain form, the giant frame, Is now a shadow and a name. The countless legions of the 'Tain,' Those hands of mine have turned and slain: Their men and steeds before me died, Their flocks and herds on either side, Though numerous were the hosts that came From Croghan's Rath of fatal fame. Though less than half the foes I led, Before me soon my foes lay dead: Never to gory battle pressed, Never was nursed on Bamba's breast, Never from sons of kings there came A hero of more glorious fame.[52] 28. This poem is now published for the first time in its complete state. 29. Autumn; strictly the last night in October. (See O'Curry's "Sick Bed of Cuchullin," "Atlantis," i., p. 370). 30. Culann was the name of Conor MacNessa's smith, and it was from him that Setanta derived the name of Cu-Chulainn, or Culann's Hound. 31. Iorrus Domnann, now Erris, in the county of Mayo. It derived its name ("Bay of the Domnanns," or "Deep-diggers,") from the party of the Firbolgs, so called, having settled there, under their chiefs Genann and Rudhraighe. (See "The Fate of the Children of Lir," by O'Curry, Atlantis, iv., p. 123; Dr. Reeve's "Adamnan's Life of St. Columba," note 6, p. 31; O'Flaherty's "Ogygia," p. 280; and Hardiman's "West
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1 Poems MacCarthy, Florence Denis P
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3 Spanish Literature," new edition,
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5 Many of the earlier poems here co
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7 4. The following are the titles a
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9 Remonstrance Ireland's Vow A Drea
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11 BALLADS AND LYRICS. WAITING FOR
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13 Like a dream. The blue smoke upw
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15 The golden bells that deck the f
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17 13. Near the town is the "Fairy
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19 That cometh with years-- Bitter
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21 Music-shaken, It doth waken, Hal
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23 Shudder at their midnight madnes
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25 Heart-enchanting, Cythna, Genevi
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27 When I have knelt in the temple
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29 On the wing of the spring, comes
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31 Long as a Lapland winter, which
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33 My own dear isle! LOVE'S LANGUAG
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Page 61 and 62: 61 "Glad am I, O Cuchullin, thou ha
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Page 81 and 82: 81 He to have died and thou to have
Page 83 and 84: 83 Ah! hapless deed, that still my
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Page 89 and 90: 89 38. "The plains of Aie" (son of
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Page 95 and 96: 95 I sought the rocky eastern isle,
Page 97 and 98: 97 At length the long-expected morn
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Page 125 and 126: 125 Hangs the long leash that binds
Page 127 and 128: 127 "If, when I reach my home to-ni
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Page 131 and 132: 131 MacDonnells was at Glenarm. 85.
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137 And are bless'd in the name of
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139 But the tower in whose shade th
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141 Burning and withering, its drop
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143 his soul. For though sweet are
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145 Still some scenes are yet encha
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147 Need we say that Maurice loved
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149 As he sweepeth through the wild
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151 There's a crowding and a crushi
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153 100. The lusmore (or fairy cap)
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155 Advance! Through hope and work
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157 That can make thee rouse for it
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159 Still in the battle for Freedom
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161 Dark was my dream, though many
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163 Feel life has but one disaster,
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165 Who all the spring-time of thy
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167 We must spend the hour that fli
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169 The last great champion of the
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171 To be hushed, to be whipt, Its
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173 March 11th, 1856. 107. It is st
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175 A glorious wreath my happy hand
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177 Thine emerald robes are held fo
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179 Let us seek the wandering May,
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181 The wing`ed flame to the rosebu
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183 Of the life that follows this,
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185 Is with the flowers the time of
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187 Or following its devious course
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189 In Andalusia's Eden clime, Or '
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191 One, who is labour's useful tra
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193 Supports the mightiest crown on
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195 They twin'd their trembling han
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197 And grateful joy, the first and
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199 All their silvery stores, There
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201 Now with elf-locks dripping Fro
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203 Rises soaring to heaven in its
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205 Nought could resist his mighty
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207 The modest maiden May. Oh! she
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209 And as the thoughtless children
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211 And the young Year rose from hi
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213 THE FIRST OF THE ANGELS. Hush!
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215 And a blessing to the low. When
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217 Centenary Odes. O'CONNELL. AUGU
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219 And a voice rings out through t
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221 But soon had come the final com
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223 And grateful hearts invoked a b
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225 He slept by the soft Ligurian S
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227 In words though weak, in hues t
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229 The Homer of the West. He sings
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231 'Twas thus he sang, And while t
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233 The whole horizon fills. Or the
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235 The wit and song, the name and
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237 In visiting some bower, She sca
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239 'Tis Love, methought, blind Lov
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241 Thou by my side, fair vision, u
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243 Where scarce a flower that now
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245 Ah! wondrous is the lot of him
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247 And rob the heavens of stars fo
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249 What without me were all the po
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251 RECOLLECTIONS. Ah! summer time,
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253 Near to the lilacs round the po
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255 DOLORES. The moon of my soul is
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257 Of thy young heart's fond ambit
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259 'Tis Baiae, by a softer blue! G
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261 The songs melodious, which--a n
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263 The poet's dream--the lover's j
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265 And the ivy clothes the wall, T
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267 Let the spring-tide of Hope sen
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269 DARRYNANE. [Written in 1844, af
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271 115. The abbey on the grounds o
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273 Like thee, when wet with heaven
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275 'Tis warmed by an internal heat
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277 Their names be written in the B
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279 August 28, 1870. 119. Written d
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281 or 'girrinna.' The bird, at lea
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283 Ferdiah. line 69 [birds sing] {
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