Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment Xii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCEFGHIJKLMDDH A NDOLCPAJ DQQRSCTUV HWDRXY JZA2B2C2D2E2QF2A2QZA G2H2I2BZJ2I2I2ZK2ZZL 2DJ AM2JQAN2O2ZRYNO ALPIN | A |
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RYNO | B |
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The wind and the rain are over | C |
calm is the noon of day The | D |
clouds are divided in heaven Over | C |
the green hills flies the inconstant sun | E |
Red through the stony vale comes | F |
down the stream of the hill Sweet are | G |
thy murmurs O stream but more | H |
sweet is the voice I hear It is the voice | I |
of Alpin the son of the song mourning | J |
for the dead Bent is his head of age | K |
and red his tearful eye Alpin thou | L |
son of the song why alone on the silent | M |
hill why complainest thou as a | D |
blast in the wood as a wave on the | D |
lonely shore | H |
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ALPIN | A |
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My tears O Ryno are for the dead | N |
my voice for the inhabitants of the | D |
grave Tall thou art on the hill fair | O |
among the sons of the plain But thou | L |
shalt fall like Morar and the mourner | C |
shalt sit on thy tomb The hills shall | P |
know thee no more thy bow shall lie in | A |
the hall unstrung | J |
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Thou wert swift O Morar as a | D |
doe on the hill terrible as a meteor of | Q |
fire Thy wrath was as the storm of | Q |
December Thy sword in battle as | R |
lightning in the field Thy voice was | S |
like a stream after rain like thunder | C |
on distant hills Many fell by thy | T |
arm they were consumed in the flames | U |
of thy wrath | V |
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But when thou returnedst from war | H |
how peaceful was thy brow Thy face | W |
was like the sun after rain like the | D |
moon in the silence of night calm as | R |
the breast of the lake when the loud | X |
wind is laid | Y |
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Narrow is thy dwelling now dark | J |
the place of thine abode With three | Z |
steps I compass thy grave O thou who | A2 |
wast so great before Four stones with | B2 |
their heads of moss are the only memorial | C2 |
of thee A tree with scarce a leaf | D2 |
long grass which whistles in the wind | E2 |
mark to the hunter's eye the grave of | Q |
the mighty Morar Morar thou art | F2 |
low indeed Thou hast no mother to | A2 |
mourn thee no maid with her tears of | Q |
love Dead is she that brought thee | Z |
forth Fallen is the daughter of Morglan | A |
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Who on his staff is this who is this | G2 |
whose head is white with age whose | H2 |
eyes are red with tears who quakes | I2 |
at every step It is thy father O | B |
Morar the father of none but thee | Z |
He heard of thy fame in battle he heard | J2 |
of foes dispersed He heard of Morar's | I2 |
fame why did he not hear of his | I2 |
wound Weep thou father of Morar | Z |
weep but thy son heareth thee not | K2 |
Deep is the sleep of the dead low their | Z |
pillow of dust No more shall he hear | Z |
thy voice no more shall he awake at | L2 |
thy call When shall it be morn in the | D |
grave to bid the slumberer awake | J |
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Farewell thou bravest of men | A |
thou conqueror in the field but the field | M2 |
shall see thee no more nor the dark | J |
wood be lightened with the splendor of | Q |
thy steel Thou hast left no son | A |
But the song shall preserve thy name | N2 |
Future times shall hear of thee they | O2 |
shall hear of the fallen Morar | Z |
James Macpherson
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