Douglas Hyde Poems

  • 1.
    ALAS for the voyage, O High King of Heaven,
    Enjoined upon me,
    For that I on the red plain of bloody Cooldrevin
    Was present to see.
    ...
  • 2.
    FOR thee, I shall not die,
    Woman of high fame and name;
    Foolish men thou mayest slay
    I and they are not the same.
    ...
  • 3.
    Ringleted youth of my love,
    With thy locks bound loosely behind thee,
    You passed by the road above,
    But you never came in to find me;
    ...
  • 4.
    She casts a spell, oh, casts a spell!
    Which haunts me more than I can tell.
    Dearer, because she makes me ill
    Than who would will to make me well.
    ...
  • 5.
    I am Raferty the Poet
    Full of hope and love,
    With eyes that have no light,
    With gentleness that has no misery.
    ...
  • 6.
    Alas for the voyage, O High King of Heaven,
    Enjoined upon me,
    For that I on the red plain of bloody Cooldrevin
    Was present to see.
    ...
  • 7.
    Bruadar and Smith and Glinn,
    Amen, dear God, I pray,
    May they lie low in waves of woe,
    And tortures slow each day!
    ...
  • 8.
    A fragrant prayer upon the air
    My child taught me,
    Awaken there, the morn is fair,
    The birds sing free;
    ...
  • 9.
    From the Irish


    My grief on the sea,
    ...
Total 9 Poems by Douglas Hyde

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High 5 Dear 4 Heart 4 Love 4 I Love You 4 Fire 3 Death 3 God 3 Heaven 3 Cold 3

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