Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry
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- SELECTIONS FROM ANCIENT IRISH POETRY
- Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry
- KUNO MEYER
- INTRODUCTION
- FOOTNOTES:
- CONTENTS
- MYTH AND SAGA
- THE ISLES OF THE HAPPY
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE SEA-GOD'S ADDRESS TO BRAN
- THE TRYST AFTER DEATH
- FOOTNOTES:
- DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND
- FOOTNOTES:
- DEIRDRE'S LAMENT
- THE HOSTS OF FAERY
- FOOTNOTES:
- FROM THE VISION OF MAC CONGLINNE
- RELIGIOUS POETRY
- THE DEER'S CRY
- AN EVEN-SONG
- PATRICK'S BLESSING ON MUNSTER
- THE HERMIT'S SONG
- A PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN
- EVE'S LAMENT
- ON THE FLIGHTINESS OF THOUGHT
- TO CRINOG
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE DEVIL'S TRIBUTE TO MOLING
- MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
- THE MOTHERS' LAMENT AT THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS
- SONGS OF NATURE
- KING AND HERMIT
- FOOTNOTES:
- SONG OF THE SEA
- SUMMER HAS COME
- SONG OF SUMMER
- SUMMER IS GONE
- A SONG OF WINTER
- ARRAN
- LOVE POETRY
- THE SONG OF CREDE, DAUGHTER OF GUARE
- LIADIN AND CURITHIR
- BARDIC POETRY
- A DIRGE FOR KING NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES (+ a.d. 405)
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE SONG OF CARROLL'S SWORD (a.d. 909)
- FOOTNOTES:
- EOCHAID ON THE DEATH OF KING AED MAC DOMNAILL UA NEILL[20]
- FOOTNOTES:
- ERARD MAC COISSE ON THE DEATH OF KING MALACHY II.[23]
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- MISCELLANEOUS
- THE MONK AND HIS PET CAT
- COLUM CILLE'S GREETING TO IRELAND
- ON ANGUS THE CULDEE (+ ca. 830)
- FOOTNOTES:
- COLUM CILLE THE SCRIBE
- THE LAMENT OF THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE DESERTED HOME
- CORMAC MAC CULENNAIN SANG THIS
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- QUATRAINS
- THE SCRIBE
- ON A DEAD SCHOLAR
- THE CRUCIFIXION
- THE PILGRIM AT ROME
- HOSPITALITY
- THE BLACKBIRD
- MOLING SANG THIS
- THE CHURCH BELL IN THE NIGHT
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE VIKING TERROR
- FROM THE TRIADS OF IRELAND
- FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS OF KING CORMAC
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