Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment Xiv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C CBDEEFGHIEJHKJ H BLMHB B HBEBENGO H BPQPRHGSBB B TEBUHBHHV H HHWBTXHB U B ETHMBHYEZ KDUCHOMMAR MORNA | A |
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DUCHOMMAR | B |
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Footnote The signification of the names in this fragment are Dubhchomar a black well shaped man Muirne or Morna a woman beloved by all Cormac cairbre an unequalled and rough warriour Cromleach a crooked hill Mugruch a surly gloomy man Tarman thunder Moinie soft in temper and person | C |
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Morna thou fairest of women | C |
daughter of Cormac Carbre | B |
why in the circle of stones in the cave | D |
of the rock alone The stream murmureth | E |
hoarsely The blast groaneth | E |
in the aged tree The lake is troubled | F |
before thee Dark are the clouds of | G |
the sky But thou art like snow on | H |
the heath Thy hair like a thin cloud | I |
of gold on the top of Cromleach Thy | E |
breasts like two smooth rocks on the hill | J |
which is seen from the stream of Brannuin | H |
Thy arms as two white pillars | K |
in the hall of Fingal | J |
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MORNA | H |
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Whence the son of Mugruch Duchommar | B |
the most gloomy of men Dark | L |
are thy brows of terror Red thy rolling | M |
eyes Does Garve appear on the | H |
sea What of the foe Duchommar | B |
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DUCHOMMAR | B |
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From the hill I return O Morna | H |
from the hill of the flying deer Three | B |
have I slain with my bow three with | E |
my panting dogs Daughter of Cormac Carbre | B |
I love thee as my soul I | E |
have slain a deer for thee High was | N |
his branchy head and fleet his feet of | G |
wind | O |
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MORNA | H |
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Gloomy son of Mugruch Duchommar | B |
I love thee not hard is thy heart | P |
of rock dark thy terrible brow But | Q |
Cadmor the son of Tarman thou art | P |
the love of Morna thou art like a sunbeam | R |
on the hill in the day of the | H |
gloomy storm Sawest thou the son of | G |
Tarman lovely on the hill of the chace | S |
Here the daughter of Cormac Carbre | B |
waiteth the coming of Cadmor | B |
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DUCHOMMAR | B |
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And long shall Morna wait His | T |
blood is on my sword I met him by | E |
the mossy stone by the oak of the noisy | B |
stream He fought but I slew him | U |
his blood is on my sword High on | H |
the hill I will raise his tomb daughter | B |
of Cormac Carbre But love thou the | H |
son of Mugruch his arm is strong as a | H |
storm | V |
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MORNA | H |
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And is the son of Tarman fallen | H |
the youth with the breast of snow the | H |
first in the chase of the hill the foe | W |
of the sons of the ocean Duchommar | B |
thou art gloomy indeed cruel is | T |
thy arm to me But give me that | X |
sword son of Mugruch I love the | H |
blood of Cadmor | B |
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He gives her the sword with which she instantly stabs him | U |
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DUCHOMMAR | B |
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Daughter of Cormac Carbre thou | E |
hast pierced Duchommar the sword is | T |
cold in my breast thou hast killed the | H |
son of Mugruch Give me to Moinic | M |
the maid for much she loved Duchommar | B |
My tomb she will raise on the | H |
hill the hunter shall see it and praise | Y |
me But draw the sword from my | E |
side Morna I feel it cold | Z |
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Upon her coming near him he stabs her As she fell she plucked a stone from the side of the cave and placed it betwixt them that his blood might not be mingled with hers | K |
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