Colum-cille's Farewell To Ireland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GAGA CCCC CHCHAlas 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 eacute have pleased me | C |
Thou waterful land | H |
Douglas Hyde
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