Poet Eleanor Hull

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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 dreadA
Youth to whom my love is given I am watching near thy headA
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Sleep a little with my blessing Dermuid of the lightsome eyeB
I will guard thee as thou dreamest none shall harm while I am byB
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Sleep O little lamb whose homeland was the country of the lakesC
In whose bosom torrents tremble from whose sides the river breaksC
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Sleep as slept the ancient poet Dedach minstrel of the SouthD
When he snatched from Conall Cernach Eithne of the laughing mouthD
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Sleep as slept the comely Finncha 'neath the falls of AssaroeE
Who when stately Slaine sought him laid the Hard head Failbe lowF
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Sleep in joy as slept fair Aine Gailan's daughter of the westG
Where amid the flaming torches she and Duvach found their restG
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Sleep as Degha who in triumph ere the sun sang o'er the landH
Stole the maiden he had craved for plucked her from fierce Deacall's handH
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Fold of Valour sleep a little Glory of the Western worldI
I am wondering at thy beauty marvelling how thy locks are curledI
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Like the parting of two children bred together in one homeJ
Like the breaking of two spirits if I did not see thee comeK
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Swirl the leaves before the tempest moans the night wind o'er the leaL
Down its stony bed the streamlet hurries onward to the seaL
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In the swaying boughs the linnet twitters in the darkling lightM
On the upland wastes of heather wings the grouse its heavy flightM
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In the marshland by the river sulks the otter in his denN
While the piping of the peeweet sounds across the distant fenN
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On the stormy mere the wild duck pushes outward from the brakeO
With her downy brood beside her seeks the centre of the lakeO
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In the east the restless roe deer bellows to his frightened hindP
On thy track the wolf hounds gather sniffing up against the windP
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Yet O Dermuid sleep a little this one night our fear hath fledA
Youth to whom my love is given see I watch beside thy bedA

Eleanor Hull



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