Religion
Quatrains: The Crucifixion
Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves (1917) · From A Celtic Psaltery (1917)
Religion
At the first bird's early crying,
They began Thy Crucifying,
O Thou of face as woeful wan,
As the far-flown winter swan.
Sore the suffering and the shame
Put upon Thy Sacred Frame;
Ah! but sorer the heartache
For Thy stricken Mother's sake.
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Codex Note
Early Irish quatrain.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: The Crucifixion.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/127/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: The Crucifixion.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/127/.
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