Nature
Quatrains: The Blackbird
Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves (1917) · From A Celtic Psaltery (1917)
Nature
Ah, Blackbird, that at last art blest
Because thy nest is on the bough,
No Hermit of the clinking bell,
How soft and well thy notes fall now.
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Codex Note
Early Irish quatrain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: The Blackbird.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/124/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: The Blackbird.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/124/.
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