Death & Dying
The First Elegy
Translated by George Sigerson (1907) · From Bards of the Gael and Gall (1907)
Death & Dying
Sate we sole, in cliff-bower —
Chill winds shower —
I tremble yet — shock of dread
Sped death's power.
The tale I tell: fate has felled
Fail most fine.
She a man, bare, beheld,
In sun shine,
Shock of death, death's dread power,
Lowered fell fete,
Bare I came, hence her shame,
Stilled she sate.
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Anonymous (Old Irish). “The First Elegy.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/167/.
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Anonymous (Old Irish). “The First Elegy.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/167/.
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