History & Politics
The Viking Terror
Translated by Kuno Meyer (1911) · From Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (1911): Quatrains
History & Politics
Bitter is the wind to-night,
It tosses the ocean's white hair:
To-night I fear not the fierce warriors of Norway
Coursing on the Irish Sea.
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Anonymous (Old Irish). “The Viking Terror.” Translated by Kuno Meyer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/47/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “The Viking Terror.” Translated by Kuno Meyer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/47/.
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