Lyra Celtica

About this eBook

Contributor

Sharp, William, 1855-1905

Title

Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry

Credits

Tim Lindell, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- Celtic authors

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64260

Release Date

January 11, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LYRA CELTICA
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.“SEA WRACK.”
6. 6.CAEILTE—LAY OF ARRAN. [4]
7. 7.I ANCIENT IRISH AND SCOTTISH — The Mystery of Amergin. — The Song of Fionn. — Credhe’s Lament. — Cuchullin in his Chariot. — Deirdrê’s Lament for the Sons of Usnach — The Lament of Queen Maev. — The March of the Faerie Host. — Vision of a Fair Woman. (Aisling air Dhreach Mna.) — The Fian Banners. — The Rune of St Patrick. “The Faedh Fiada”; or, “The Cry of the Deer.” — Columcille cecenit. — Columcille fecit. — The Song of Murdoch the Monk. — The Aged Bard’s Wish. (Miann a’ Bhaird Aosda.) — Ossian Sang. — Fingal and Ros-crana. — The Night-Song of the Bards. — Comala. — The Death-Song of Ossian.
8. 8.II ANCIENT CORNISH
9. 9.The Pool of Pilate.
10. 10.The Pool of Pilate.
11. 11.Merlin the Diviner.
12. 12.The Vision of Seth.
13. 13.III ANCIENT ARMORICAN (Breton) — The Dance of the Sword. (Ha Korol ar C’Hleze.) — The Lord Nann and the Fairy. (Aotron Nann Hag ar Gorrigan.) — Alain the Fox. — Bran. (The Crow.) — IV EARLY CYMRIC AND MEDIÆVAL WELSH — The Soul. (From “The Black Book of Caermarthen.”) — The Gorwynion. — The Tercets of Llywarc’h. — Song to the Wind. — Odes of the Months. — The Summer. — To the Lark. T’R Ehedydd. — To the Fox. — The Song of the Thrush. — PART II — I IRISH (Modern and Contemporary) — Sacrifice. — The Great Breath. — Mystery. — By the Margin of the Great Deep. — The Breath of Light. — Æolian Harp. — The Fairies. — To the Lianhaun Shee. — Remembrance. — The Earth and Man. — Song. (From “Six Days.”) — Maire, my Girl. — Gracie Og Machree. [13] (Song of the “Wild Geese.”) — Dirge. (From “The Sea Bride.”) — The Little Black Rose. — Epitaph. — Killiney Far Away. — Cean Dubh Deelish. [14] — Molly Asthore. — The Fair Hills of Ireland. (From the Irish.) — Herring is King. — The Rose of Kenmare. — The Song of the Pratee. — Irish Lullaby. — Eileen Aroon. — The Dark Man. — April in Ireland. — The Wind Among the Reeds. — My Grief on the Sea. — The Cooleen. — The Breedyeen. — Nelly of the Top-Knots. — I shall not Die for Thee. — The Red Wind. — To Morfydd. — A Lament. — The Fair Hills of Eiré, O! (After the Irish of DONOGH MAC CON-MARA.) — Dark Rosaleen. — The One Mystery. — The Wild Geese. — Lament for a Little Child. — The Swimmer. — The Dance. — From “The Water-Nymph and the Boy.” — A Casual Song. — “The Pity of it.” — The Old. — Maura Du of Ballyshannon. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — A Spinning Song. — A White Rose. — The Fountain of Tears. — After Death. — The Dead at Clonmacnois. (From the Irish of Enoch o’ Gillan.) — Unknown Ideal. — Mo Cáilin Donn. — An Irish Love Song. — The Sunburst. — Song. — Winter Sunset. — Shamrock Song. — Wild Geese. (A Lament for the Irish Jacobites.) — Dreams. — Poppies. — They went forth to the Battle, but they always fell. — The White Birds. — The Lake of Innisfree. — II SCOTO-CELTIC (Middle Period) — From the “Sean Dana.” Prologue to Gaul. — In Hebrid Seas. — Cumha Ghriogair Mhic Griogair. (The Lament of Gregor MacGregor.) — Drowned. — The Manning of the Birlinn. The Sailing. — The Lament of the Deer. (Cumha nam Fiadh.) — Ben Dorain. — The Hill-Water. — Song for Macleod of Macleod.
14. 14.III MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SCOTO-CELTIC — Monaltri. — An Coineachan—A Highland Lullaby. — A Boat Song. — The Old Soldier of the Gareloch Head. — Flower of the World. — The Strange Country. — The Dream of the World without Death. — The Faëry Foster-Mother. — When we Two parted. — Stanzas for Music. — Colin’s Cattle. (Crodh Chaillean.) — MacCrimmon’s Lament. — Song. (“Ian Mòr”) — A Loafer. — In Romney Marsh. — O’er the Muir amang the Heather. — Song. — Song. — A Spring Trouble. — Culloden Moor. (Seen in Autumn Rain.) — The Weaving of the Tartan. — The Thrush’s Song. (From the Gaelic.) — The Prayer of Women. — The Rune of Age. — A Milking Song. — Lullaby. — The Songs of Ethlenn Stuart — I. — II. — The Closing Doors. — The Sorrow of Delight. — Farewell to Fiunary. — A Kiss of the King’s Hand. — The First Ship. — The Land o’ the Leal. — Skye. — Midnight by the Sea. (Autumn.) — In Shadowland. — Mountain Twilight. — Durisdeer. — November’s Cadence. — Cailleach Bein-y-Vreich. — An Old Tale of Three. — Lost Love. (From the Gaelic, Western Isles.)
15. 15.IV CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (Wales) — Dirge in Woods. — Outer and Inner. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — Night of Frost in May. — Hymn to Colour. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — Shadows. — When the World is Burning. — The Hand. — A Song of Winter. (Mrs Pfeiffer) — The Night Ride. — The House of Hendra. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
16. 16.V CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (Manx) — The Childhood of Kitty of the Sherragh Vane. — Graih my Chree. (Love of my Heart.) — I. — II. — III. — IV.
17. 17.VI CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (Cornish) — The Splendid Spur. — The White Moth. — Featherstone’s Doom. [31] — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Trebarrow. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — Witch Margaret. — A Ballad. — Hell’s Piper.
18. 18.VII MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRETON — The Poor Clerk. (Ar C’Hloarek Paour.) — The Cross by the Way. (Kroaz ann Hent.) — The Secrets of the Clerk. — Love Song. — Hymn to Sleep. — The Burden of Lost Souls. — Confession. — Discouragement. — The Black Panther. — The Spring. — The Return of Taliesen. — By Menec’hi Shore.
19. 19.VIII THE CELTIC FRINGE — Song. — The War-Song of Gamelbar. — Golden Rowan. — A Sea Child. — The Quest. — Moth-Song. — June. — Scent o’ Pines. — The Reed-Player. — The Celtic Cross. — The Tryst of the Night. (M. C. Gillington) — The Doom-Bar. — The Seven Whistlers. — Requiem. — An Old Woman of the Roads. (“Wild Earth and other Poems.” Macmillan.) — A Cradle Song. (“Wild Earth and other Poems.” Macmillan.) — The Coolun. (“Reincarnations.” Macmillan.) — The Clouds. (“Songs from the Clay.” Macmillan.) — The Old Woman of Beare. (“The Poem Book of the Gael.” Chatto & Windus.) — From a “Litany of Beauty.” — I will go with my Father a-ploughing. — A Northern Love Song. — Fairy Workers. (“Songs of Donegal.” Herbert Jenkins.) — The Shadow People. (“Complete Poems.” Published by Herbert Jenkins.) — My Mother. (“Complete Poems.” Published by Herbert Jenkins.) — Lyric from “The Crier by Night.” (“King Lear’s Wife and other Plays.” Published by Constable.) — The Quest. (Dublin University Press.) — The Fool. — The Return of Song. — Dance to your Shadow. — Sea Longing. — The Reiving Ship. — Land of Heart’s Desire. — Ossian’s Midsummer Day-Dream. “Sleeps the noon in the deep blue sky.” — Kishmul’s Galley. — Aignish on the Machair. — Fingal’s Weeping.
20. 20.NOTES — ANCIENT IRISH AND SCOTTISH — ANCIENT CORNISH — ARMORICAN — EARLY CYMRIC — IRISH (MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY) — IN SOUTHERN SEAS. — LATER SCOTO-CELTIC — MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SCOTO-CELTIC — CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (WALES) — CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (MANX) — CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-CELTIC POETS (CORNISH) — MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY BRETON — THE BURDEN OF LOST SOULS. — II.

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