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Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry

Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry

by Kuno Meyer

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Translator
Meyer, Kuno, 1858-1919
Credits
Produced by Bethanne M. Simms, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PB: Language and Literatures: General works
Subject
Irish poetry -- To 1100 -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
32030
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32030
Release Date
April 17, 2010
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SELECTIONS FROM ANCIENT IRISH POETRY — Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry
  2. 2.KUNO MEYER
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.MYTH AND SAGA
  6. 6.THE ISLES OF THE HAPPY — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.THE SEA-GOD'S ADDRESS TO BRAN
  8. 8.THE TRYST AFTER DEATH — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.DEIRDRE'S FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.DEIRDRE'S LAMENT
  11. 11.THE HOSTS OF FAERY — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.FROM THE VISION OF MAC CONGLINNE
  13. 13.RELIGIOUS POETRY
  14. 14.THE DEER'S CRY
  15. 15.AN EVEN-SONG
  16. 16.PATRICK'S BLESSING ON MUNSTER
  17. 17.THE HERMIT'S SONG
  18. 18.A PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN
  19. 19.EVE'S LAMENT
  20. 20.ON THE FLIGHTINESS OF THOUGHT
  21. 21.TO CRINOG — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.THE DEVIL'S TRIBUTE TO MOLING
  23. 23.MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
  24. 24.THE MOTHERS' LAMENT AT THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS
  25. 25.SONGS OF NATURE
  26. 26.KING AND HERMIT — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.SONG OF THE SEA
  28. 28.SUMMER HAS COME
  29. 29.SONG OF SUMMER
  30. 30.SUMMER IS GONE
  31. 31.A SONG OF WINTER
  32. 32.ARRAN
  33. 33.LOVE POETRY
  34. 34.THE SONG OF CREDE, DAUGHTER OF GUARE
  35. 35.LIADIN AND CURITHIR
  36. 36.BARDIC POETRY
  37. 37.A DIRGE FOR KING NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES (+ a.d. 405) — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.THE SONG OF CARROLL'S SWORD ( a.d. 909) — FOOTNOTES:
  39. 39.EOCHAID ON THE DEATH OF KING AED MAC DOMNAILL UA NEILL [20] — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.ERARD MAC COISSE ON THE DEATH OF KING MALACHY II. [23] — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.MISCELLANEOUS
  42. 42.THE MONK AND HIS PET CAT
  43. 43.COLUM CILLE'S GREETING TO IRELAND
  44. 44.ON ANGUS THE CULDEE (+ ca. 830) — FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45.COLUM CILLE THE SCRIBE
  46. 46.THE LAMENT OF THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.THE DESERTED HOME
  48. 48.CORMAC MAC CULENNAIN SANG THIS
  49. 49.ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  50. 50.QUATRAINS
  51. 51.THE SCRIBE
  52. 52.ON A DEAD SCHOLAR
  53. 53.THE CRUCIFIXION
  54. 54.THE PILGRIM AT ROME
  55. 55.HOSPITALITY
  56. 56.THE BLACKBIRD
  57. 57.MOLING SANG THIS
  58. 58.THE CHURCH BELL IN THE NIGHT — FOOTNOTES:
  59. 59.THE VIKING TERROR
  60. 60.FROM THE TRIADS OF IRELAND
  61. 61.FROM THE INSTRUCTIONS OF KING CORMAC
  62. 62.NOTES

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