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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BROKEN SONG, by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE Poet's Biography First Line: Where am I from?' from the green hills of erin Last Line: Where she is gone there I can never go. Alternate Author Name(s): O'neill, Moira | |||
'Where am I from?' From the green hills of Erin. 'Have I no song then?' My songs are all sung. 'What o' my love?' 'Tis alone I am farin'. Old grows my heart, an' my voice yet is young. 'If she was tall?' Like a king's own daughter. 'If she was fair?' Like a mornin' o' May. When she'd come laughin' 'twas the runnin' wather, When she'd come blushin' 'twas the break o' day. 'Where did she dwell?' Where one'st I had my dwellin'. 'Who loved her best?' There's no one now will know. 'Where is she gone?' Och, why would I be tellin'! Where she is gone there I can never go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CORRYMEELA by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE BEAUTY'S A FLOWER by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE CUTTIN' RUSHES by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE THE GRAND MATCH by NESTA HIGGINSON SKRINE A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LA CONDUCTORA DEL DESEO/CONDUIT by VIRGIL SUAREZ THE HEART OF THE TREE by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER TO A DOG by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY |
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