A Bird From The West Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH FJKK LMIN OKPK EQEQ| At the grey dawn amongst the felling leaves | A |
| A little bird outside my window swung | B |
| High on a topmost branch he trilled his song | C |
| And Ireland Ireland Ireland ever sung | B |
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| Take me I cried back to my island home | D |
| Sweet bird my soul shall ride between thy wings | E |
| For my lone spirit wide his pinions spread | F |
| And home and home and home he ever sings | E |
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| We lingered over Ulster stern and wild | G |
| I called Arise doth none remember me | H |
| One turn d in the darkness murmuring | I |
| How loud upon the breakers sobs the sea | H |
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| We rested over Connaught whispering said | F |
| Awake awake and welcome I am here | J |
| One woke and shivered at the morning grey | K |
| The trees I never heard them sigh so drear | K |
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| We flew low over Munster Long I wept | L |
| You used to love me love me once again | M |
| They spoke from out the shadows wondering | I |
| You'd think of tears so bitter falls the rain | N |
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| Long over Leinster lingered we Good bye | O |
| My best beloved good bye for evermore | K |
| Sleepless they tossed and whispered to the dawn | P |
| So sad a wind was never heard before | K |
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| Was it a dream I dreamt For yet there swings | E |
| In the grey morn a bird upon the bough | Q |
| And Ireland Ireland Ireland ever sings | E |
| Oh fair the breaking day in Ireland now | Q |
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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