From the shieling that stands by the lone mountain river, Hurry, hurry down, with the axe and the quiver; From the deep-seated coom, from the storm-beaten highland, Hurry, hurry down to the shores of your island. Hurry down, hurry down Hurry down, &c. Galloglach and Kern, hurry down to the sea- - There the hungry raven's beak is gaping for a prey. Farrah! to the onset! Farrah! to the shore! Feast him with the pirate's ilesh, the bird of gloom and gore Hurry down, hurry down Hurry down, &c. Hurry, for the slaves of Bel are mustering to meet ye; Hurry by the beaten cliff, the Nordman longs to greet ye; Hurry from the mountain! hurry, hurry from the plain Welcome him, and never let him leave our land again! Hurry down, hurry down Hurry down, &c. On the land a sulky wolf, and in the sea a shark, Hew the ruffian spoiler down, and burn his gory bark Slayer of the unresisting! ravager profane! Leave the white sea-tyrant's limbs to moulder on the plain. Hurry down, hurry down Hurry down, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HARVEST MOON: 1914 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD [TO HASTEN HIM INTO COUNTRY] by THOMAS RANDOLPH PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN OF CHARTRES by HENRY BROOKS ADAMS FRATERNITY by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH THE OLD VERMONT FARM by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY AIRS SUNG AT BROUGHAM CASTLE: DIALOGUE SUNG THE FIRST NIGHT by THOMAS CAMPION OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 23. ELEGIAC VERSE: THE SIXTH EPIGRAM by THOMAS CAMPION |