Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment V Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJK LLMBNLL ELLOPBQRSLT BUGVWL XYQBZA2YBB2C2BLQD2 D2E2F2C2ZGBG2| Autumn is dark on the mountains | A |
| grey mist rests on the hills The | B |
| whirlwind is heard on the heath Dark | C |
| rolls the river through the narrow plain | D |
| A tree stands alone on the hill and | E |
| marks the grave of Connal The leaves | F |
| whirl round with the wind and strew | G |
| the grave of the dead At times are | H |
| seen here the ghosts of the deceased | I |
| when the musing hunter alone stalks | J |
| slowly over the heath | K |
| - | |
| Who can reach the source of thy | L |
| race O Connal and who recount thy | L |
| Fathers Thy family grew like an oak | M |
| on the mountain which meeteth the | B |
| wind with its lofty head But now it | N |
| is torn from the earth Who shall supply | L |
| the place of Connal | L |
| - | |
| Here was the din of arms and | E |
| here the groans of the dying Mournful | L |
| are the wars of Fingal O Connal | L |
| it was here thou didst fall Thine arm | O |
| was like a storm thy sword a beam | P |
| of the sky thy height a rock on the | B |
| plain thine eyes a furnace of fire | Q |
| Louder than a storm was thy voice | R |
| when thou confoundedst the field Warriors | S |
| fell by thy sword as the thistle by | L |
| the staff of a boy | T |
| - | |
| Dargo the mighty came on like a | B |
| cloud of thunder His brows were contracted | U |
| and dark His eyes like two | G |
| caves in a rock Bright rose their | V |
| swords on each side dire was the clang | W |
| of their steel | L |
| - | |
| The daughter of Rinval was near | X |
| Crimora bright in the armour of man | Y |
| her hair loose behind her bow in her | Q |
| hand She followed the youth to the | B |
| war Connal her much beloved She | Z |
| drew the string on Dargo but erring | A2 |
| pierced her Connal He falls like an | Y |
| oak on the plain like a rock from the | B |
| shaggy hill What shall she do hapless | B2 |
| maid He bleeds her Connal dies | C2 |
| All the night long she cries and all the | B |
| day O Connal my love and my | L |
| friend With grief the sad mourner | Q |
| died | D2 |
| - | |
| Earth here incloseth the loveliest | D2 |
| pair on the hill The grass grows between | E2 |
| the stones of their tomb I sit in | F2 |
| the mournful shade The wind sighs | C2 |
| through the grass and their memory | Z |
| rushes on my mind Undisturbed you | G |
| now sleep together in the tomb of the | B |
| mountain you rest alone | G2 |
James Macpherson
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