Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment Xi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFG HEGIAJKCL MNGOPQG CPPRCCOSCTO CENCUTVCHC HHGGWEOLXG OVHYOZA2W EB2BGC HC2CHHXED2E2NF2L OGCHNOHG2C| Sad I am sad indeed nor small my | A |
| cause of woe Kirmor thou hast | B |
| lost no son thou hast lost no daughter | C |
| of beauty Connar the valiant lives | D |
| and Annir the fairest of maids The | E |
| boughs of thy family flourish O Kirmor | C |
| but Armyn is the last of his | F |
| race | G |
| - | |
| Rise winds of autumn rise blow | H |
| upon the dark heath streams of the | E |
| mountains roar howl ye tempests | G |
| in the trees walk through broken | I |
| clouds O moon show by intervals thy | A |
| pale face bring to my mind that sad | J |
| night when all my children fell when | K |
| Arindel the mighty fell when Daura | C |
| the lovely died | L |
| - | |
| Daura my daughter thou wert | M |
| fair fair as the moon on the hills of | N |
| Jura white as the driven snow sweet as | G |
| the breathing gale Armor renowned in | O |
| war came and fought Daura's love he | P |
| was not long denied fair was the hope | Q |
| of their friends | G |
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| Earch son of Odgal repined for | C |
| his brother was slain by Armor He | P |
| came disguised like a son of the sea | P |
| fair was his skiff on the wave white | R |
| his locks of age calm his serious brow | C |
| Fairest of women he said lovely daughter | C |
| of Armyn a rock not distant in | O |
| the sea bears a tree on its side red | S |
| shines the fruit afar There Armor | C |
| waiteth for Daura I came to fetch | T |
| his love Come fair daughter of Armyn | O |
| - | |
| She went and she called on Armor | C |
| Nought answered but the son of the | E |
| rock Armor my love my love | N |
| why tormentest thou me with fear | C |
| come graceful son of Arduart come | U |
| it is Daura who calleth thee Earch | T |
| the traitor fled laughing to the land | V |
| She lifted up her voice and cried for | C |
| her brother and her father Arindel | H |
| Armyn none to relieve your Daura | C |
| - | |
| Her voice came over the sea Arindel | H |
| my son descended from the hill | H |
| rough in the spoils of the chace His | G |
| arrows rattled by his side his bow was | G |
| in his hand five grey dogs attended | W |
| his steps He saw fierce Earch on the | E |
| shore he seized and bound him to an | O |
| oak Thick fly the thongs of the hide | L |
| around his limbs he loads the wind | X |
| with his groans | G |
| - | |
| Arindel ascends the surgy deep in | O |
| his boat to bring Daura to the land | V |
| Armor came in his wrath and let fly | H |
| the grey feathered shaft It sung it | Y |
| sunk in thy heart O Arindel my son | O |
| for Earch the traitor thou diedst What | Z |
| is thy grief O Daura when round | A2 |
| thy feet is poured thy brother's blood | W |
| - | |
| The boat is broken in twain by the | E |
| waves Armor plunges into the sea to | B2 |
| rescue his Daura or die Sudden a blast | B |
| from the hill comes over the waves | G |
| He sunk and he rose no more | C |
| - | |
| Alone on the sea beat rock my | H |
| daughter was heard to complain Frequent | C2 |
| and loud were her cries nor | C |
| could her father relieve her All | H |
| night I stood on the shore All night I | H |
| heard her cries Loud was the wind | X |
| and the rain beat hard on the side of the | E |
| mountain Before morning appeared | D2 |
| her voice was weak It died away like | E2 |
| the evening breeze among the grass of | N |
| the rocks Spent with grief she expired | F2 |
| O lay me soon by her side | L |
| - | |
| When the storms of the mountain | O |
| come when the north lifts the waves | G |
| on high I sit by the sounding shore | C |
| and look on the fatal rock Often by | H |
| the setting moon I see the ghosts of | N |
| my children Indistinct they walk in | O |
| mournful conference together Will | H |
| none of you speak to me But they | G2 |
| do not regard their father | C |
James Macpherson
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