Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment X Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJKLKMGE NKNOGGEKI PQIIGRI NKSKTU VEGKINIGIQSIW XKYIEZ TQA2NMNB2MC2EISKIQ| It is night and I am alone forlorn | A |
| on the hill of storms The wind is | B |
| heard in the mountain The torrent | C |
| shrieks down the rock No hut receives | D |
| me from the rain forlorn on the hill of | E |
| winds | F |
| - | |
| Rise moon from behind thy | G |
| clouds stars of the night appear | H |
| Lead me some light to the place where | I |
| my love rests from the toil of the chase | J |
| his bow near him unstrung his dogs | K |
| panting around him But here I must | L |
| sit alone by the rock of the mossy | K |
| stream The stream and the wind | M |
| roar nor can I hear the voice of my | G |
| love | E |
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| Why delayeth my Shalgar why the | N |
| son of the hill his promise Here is | K |
| the rock and the tree and here the | N |
| roaring stream Thou promisedst with | O |
| night to be here Ah whither is my | G |
| Shalgar gone With thee I would fly | G |
| my father with thee my brother of | E |
| pride Our race have long been foes | K |
| but we are not foes O Shalgar | I |
| - | |
| Cease a little while O wind stream | P |
| be thou silent a while let my voice be | Q |
| heard over the heath let my wanderer | I |
| hear me Shalgar it is I who call Here | I |
| is the tree and the rock Shalgar my | G |
| love I am here Why delayest thou | R |
| thy coming Alas no answer | I |
| - | |
| Lo the moon appeareth The | N |
| flood is bright in the vale The rocks | K |
| are grey on the face of the hill But | S |
| I see him not on the brow his dogs | K |
| before him tell not that he is coming | T |
| Here I must sit alone | U |
| - | |
| But who are these that lie beyond | V |
| me on the heath Are they my love | E |
| and my brother Speak to me O my | G |
| friends they answer not My soul is | K |
| tormented with fears Ah they are | I |
| dead Their swords are red from the | N |
| fight O my brother my brother | I |
| why hast thou slain my Shalgar why | G |
| O Shalgar hast thou slain my brother | I |
| Dear were ye both to me speak to me | Q |
| hear my voice sons of my love But | S |
| alas they are silent silent for ever | I |
| Cold are their breast of clay | W |
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| Oh from the rock of the hill | X |
| from the top of the mountain of winds | K |
| speak ye ghosts of the dead speak | Y |
| and I will not be afraid Whither | I |
| are ye gone to rest In what cave of | E |
| the hill shall I find you | Z |
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| I sit in my grief I wait for morning | T |
| in my tears Rear the tomb ye | Q |
| friends of the dead but close it not | A2 |
| till I come My life flieth away like a | N |
| dream why should I stay behind | M |
| Here shall I rest with my friends by the | N |
| stream of the founding rock When | B2 |
| night comes on the hill when the wind | M |
| is up on the heath my ghost shall stand | C2 |
| in the wind and mourn the death of | E |
| my friends The hunter shall hear | I |
| from his booth He shall fear but | S |
| love my voice For sweet shall my voice | K |
| be for my friends for pleasant were | I |
| they both to me | Q |
James Macpherson
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