Mythology & Folklore
A Dream Dance
From Songs of Peace (1917)
Maeve held a ball on the dún,
Cuculain and Eimer were there,
In the light of an old broken moon
I was dancing with Deirdre the fair.
How loud was the laughter of Finn
As he blundered about thro' a reel,
Tripping up Caoilte the thin,
Or jostling the dreamy Aleel.
And when the dance ceased for a song,
How sweet was the singing of Fand,
We could hear her far, wandering along,
My hand in that beautiful hand.
Codex Note
In a dream, at Maeve's ball on the dún, the poet dances with Deirdre while Cuchulain and Eimer look on and Fand sings.
Cite this poem
MLA
Ledwidge, Francis. “A Dream Dance.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/44/.
Chicago
Ledwidge, Francis. “A Dream Dance.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/44/.
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