CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE SALTAIR NA RANN, OR PSALTER OF THE VERSES
THE SOURCE OF POETIC INSPIRATION
AMORGEN'S SONG
THE SONG OF CHILDBIRTH
GREETING TO THE NEW-BORN BABE
WHAT IS LOVE?
SUMMONS TO CUCHULAIN
LAEGH'S DESCRIPTION OF FAIRY-LAND
THE LAMENTATION OF FAND WHEN SHE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE CUCHULAIN
MIDER'S CALL TO FAIRY-LAND
THE SONG OF THE FAIRIES
THE GREAT LAMENTATION OF DEIRDRE FOR THE SONS OF USNA
FIRST WINTER-SONG
SECOND WINTER-SONG
IN PRAISE OF MAY
THE ISLE OF ARRAN
THE PARTING OF GOLL FROM HIS WIFE
YOUTH AND AGE
CHILL WINTER
THE SLEEP-SONG OF GRAINNE OVER DERMUID
THE SLAYING OF CONBEG
THE FAIRIES' LULLABY
SONG OF THE FOREST TREES
ST. PATRICK'S BREASTPLATE
PATRICK'S BLESSING ON MUNSTER
COLUMCILLE'S FAREWELL TO ARAN OF THE SAINTS
ST. COLUMBA IN IONA
HYMN TO THE DAWN
THE SONG OF MANCHAN THE HERMIT
A PRAYER
THE LOVES OF LIADAN AND CURITHIR
THE LAY OF PRINCE MARVAN
THE SONG OF CREDE, DAUGHTER OF GUARE
THE STUDENT AND HIS CAT
THE SONG OF THE SEVEN ARCHANGELS
THE FEILIRE OF ADAMNAN
THE FEATHERED HERMIT
AN APHORISM
THE BLACKBIRD
DEUS MEUS
THE SOUL'S DESIRE
TEMPEST ON THE SEA
THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE
GORMLIATH'S LAMENT FOR NIAL BLACK-KNEE
THE MOTHER'S LAMENT AT THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS
CONSECRATION
TEACH ME, O TRINITY
THE SHAVING OF MURDOCH
EILEEN AROON
THE DOWNFALL OF THE GAEL
ADDRESS TO BRIAN O'ROURKE "OF THE BULWARKS" TO AROUSE HIM AGAINST THE ENGLISH [107]
O'HUSSEY'S ODE TO THE MAGUIRE
A LAMENT FOR THE PRINCES OF TYRONE AND TYRCONNEL
THE COUNTY OF MAYO
THE OUTLAW OF LOCH LENE
THE FLOWER OF NUT-BROWN MAIDS
ROISIN DUBH
MY DARK ROSALEEN
THE FAIR HILLS OF EIRE
SHULE AROON
LOVE'S DESPAIR
THE CRUISKEEN LAWN
EAMONN AN CHNUIC, OR "NED OF THE HILL"
O DRUIMIN DONN DILISH
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGHT?
THE EXILE'S SONG
THE FISHERMAN'S KEEN
BOATMAN'S HYMN
DIRGE ON THE DEATH OF ART O'LEARY
THE MIDNIGHT COURT
HYMN TO THE VIRGIN MARY
CHRISTMAS HYMN
O MARY OF GRACES
THE CATTLE-SHED
HAIL TO THEE, O MARY
TWO PRAYERS
O MARY, O BLESSED MOTHER
I REST WITH THEE, O JESUS
THANKSGIVING AFTER FOOD
THE SACRED TRINITY
O KING OF THE WOUNDS
PRAYER BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
I LIE DOWN WITH GOD
THE WHITE PATERNOSTER
ANOTHER VERSION
A NIGHT PRAYER
MARY'S VISION
THE SAFE-GUARDING OF MY SOUL
ANOTHER VERSION (2)
THE STRAYING SHEEP
BEFORE COMMUNION
MAY THE SWEET NAME OF JESUS
O BLESSED JESUS
ANOTHER VERSION (3)
MORNING WISH
ON "COVERING" THE FIRE FOR THE NIGHT [114]
THE MAN WHO STANDS STIFF
CHARM AGAINST ENEMIES
CHARM FOR A PAIN IN THE SIDE
CHARM AGAINST SORROW
THE KEENING OF MARY
CUSHLA MA CHREE
THE BLACKTHORN
PASTHEEN FINN
SHE
HOPELESS LOVE
THE GIRL I LOVE
WOULD GOD I WERE
BRANCH OF THE SWEET AND EARLY ROSE
IS TRUAGH GAN MISE I SASANA
THE YELLOW BITTERN
HAVE YOU BEEN AT CARRACK?
CASHEL OF MUNSTER
THE SNOWY-BREASTED PEARL
THE DARK MAID OF THE VALLEY
THE COOLUN
CEANN DUBH DHILEAS [115]
RINGLETED YOUTH OF MY LOVE
I SHALL NOT DIE FOR YOU
DONALL OGE
THE GRIEF OF A GIRL'S HEART
DEATH THE COMRADE
MUIRNEEN OF THE FAIR HAIR
THE RED MAN'S WIFE
ANOTHER VERSION (4)
MY GRIEF ON THE SEA
ORO MHOR, A MHOIRIN
THE LITTLE YELLOW ROAD
REPROACH TO THE PIPE
LAMENT OF MORIAN SHEHONE FOR MISS MARY BOURKE
MODEREEN RUE; OR, THE LITTLE RED ROGUE [120]
THE STARS STAND UP
THE LOVE SMART
WELL FOR THEE
I AM RAFTERY
DUST HATH CLOSED HELEN'S EYE
THE SHINING POSY
LOVE IS A MORTAL DISEASE
I AM WATCHING MY YOUNG CALVES SUCKING
THE NARROW ROAD
FORSAKEN
I FOLLOW A STAR
NURSE'S SONG
A SLEEP SONG
THE CRADLE OF GOLD
RURAL SONG
PLOUGHING SONG
A SPINNING-WHEEL DITTY
NOTES
THE
POEM-BOOK OF THE GAEL
Frontispiece
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
at Paul's Work, Edinburgh
Opening passage of the Saltair na Rann. Opening passage of the "Saltair na Rann."
from the MS. in the Bodleian Library.
THE POEM-BOOK OF
THE GAEL
Translations from Irish Gaelic Poetry into
English Prose and Verse
SELECTED AND EDITED BY
ELEANOR HULL
AUTHOR OF "THE CUCHULLIN SAGA IN IRISH LITERATURE,"
"A TEXT-BOOK OF IRISH LITERATURE," ETC.
Decoration
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LONDON
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1913
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