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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD LOVE (HEARD SUNG BY AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ISLAND OF TIREE), by ANONYMOUS First Line: It is the grey rock I am Last Line: As canna in wind Subject(s): Aging;gray (color);mourning;women; Grey (color);bereavement | |||
It is the grey rock I am, And grey rain on the rock: It is the grey wave . . . That grey hound. What (is it) to be old: (It is to be as) the grey moss in winter: Alasdair-mo-ghaol, It is long since my laughter. Alasdair-mo-ghaol, The breast is shrivelled That you said was white As canna in wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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