Colum-cille-s Farewell To Ireland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA CCCC CHCH| ALAS for the voyage O High King of Heaven | A |
| Enjoined upon me | B |
| For that I on the red plain of bloody Cooldrevin | A |
| Was present to see | B |
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| How happy the son is of Dima no sorrow | C |
| For him is designed | D |
| He is having this hour round his own hill in Durrow | C |
| The wish of his mind | D |
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| The sounds of the winds in the elms like strings of | E |
| A harp being played | F |
| The note of a blackbird that claps with the wings of | E |
| Delight in the shade | F |
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| With him in Ros Grencha the cattle are lowing | G |
| At earliest dawn | A |
| On the brink of the summer the pigeons are cooing | G |
| And doves in the lawn | A |
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| Three things am I leaving behind me the very | C |
| Most dear that I know | C |
| Tir Leedach I m leaving and Durrow and Derry | C |
| Alas I must go | C |
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| Yet my visit and feasting with Comgall have eased me | C |
| At Cainneach s right hand | H |
| And all but thy government Eir have pleased me | C |
| Thou waterful land | H |
Douglas Hyde
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