The Sleep-song Of Grainne Over Dermuid: When Fleeing From Fionn Mac Cumhaill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EF GG HH II JK LL MM NN OO PP AA| Sleep a little a little little thou needst feel no fear or dread | A |
| Youth to whom my love is given I am watching near thy head | A |
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| Sleep a little with my blessing Dermuid of the lightsome eye | B |
| I will guard thee as thou dreamest none shall harm while I am by | B |
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| Sleep O little lamb whose homeland was the country of the lakes | C |
| In whose bosom torrents tremble from whose sides the river breaks | C |
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| Sleep as slept the ancient poet Dedach minstrel of the South | D |
| When he snatched from Conall Cernach Eithne of the laughing mouth | D |
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| Sleep as slept the comely Finncha 'neath the falls of Assaroe | E |
| Who when stately Slaine sought him laid the Hard head Failbe low | F |
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| Sleep in joy as slept fair Aine Gailan's daughter of the west | G |
| Where amid the flaming torches she and Duvach found their rest | G |
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| Sleep as Degha who in triumph ere the sun sang o'er the land | H |
| Stole the maiden he had craved for plucked her from fierce Deacall's hand | H |
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| Fold of Valour sleep a little Glory of the Western world | I |
| I am wondering at thy beauty marvelling how thy locks are curled | I |
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| Like the parting of two children bred together in one home | J |
| Like the breaking of two spirits if I did not see thee come | K |
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| Swirl the leaves before the tempest moans the night wind o'er the lea | L |
| Down its stony bed the streamlet hurries onward to the sea | L |
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| In the swaying boughs the linnet twitters in the darkling light | M |
| On the upland wastes of heather wings the grouse its heavy flight | M |
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| In the marshland by the river sulks the otter in his den | N |
| While the piping of the peeweet sounds across the distant fen | N |
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| On the stormy mere the wild duck pushes outward from the brake | O |
| With her downy brood beside her seeks the centre of the lake | O |
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| In the east the restless roe deer bellows to his frightened hind | P |
| On thy track the wolf hounds gather sniffing up against the wind | P |
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| Yet O Dermuid sleep a little this one night our fear hath fled | A |
| Youth to whom my love is given see I watch beside thy bed | A |
Eleanor Hull
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