Subject for April, 2018
The Blessed
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
Cumhal called out, bending his head, Till Dathi came and stood, With a blink in his eyes at the cave mouth, Between the wind and the wood. And Cumhal said, bending his kn...
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Aedh Thinks of Those who have Spoken Evil of his Beloved
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair, And dream about the great and their pride; They have spoken against you everywhere, But weigh this song with the great and their pride...
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Aedh Hears the Cry of the Sedge
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
I wander by the edge Of this desolate lake Where wind cries in the sedge Until the axle break That keeps the stars in their round And hands hurl in the deep The banners of East ...
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Aedh Tells of the Perfect Beauty
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes The poets labouring all their days To build a perfect beauty in rhyme Are overthrown by a woman’s gaze And by the unlabouring brood of th...
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Aedh Tells of A Valley Full of Lovers
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
I dreamed that I stood in a valley, and amid sighs, For happy lovers passed two by two where I stood; And I dreamed my lost love came stealthily out of the wood With her cloud-p...
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Michael Robartes Asks Forgiveness Because of his Many Moods
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
If this importunate heart trouble your peace With words lighter than air, Or hopes that in mere hoping flicker and cease; Crumple the rose in your hair; And cover your lips with...
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The Valley of the Black Pig
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes, And then the clash of fallen horsemen and the cries Of unknown perishing ar...
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The Cap and Bells
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
The jester walked in the garden: The garden had fallen still; He bade his soul rise upward And stand on her window-sill. It rose in a straight blue garment, When owls beg...
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To My Heart, Bidding it have No Fear
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
Be you still, be you still, trembling heart; Remember the wisdom out of the old days: Him who trembles before the flame and the flood, And the winds that blow through the starry...
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Aedh Gives his Beloved Certain Rhymes
Subject: The Wind Among the Reeds
Fasten your hair with a golden pin, And bind up every wandering tress; I bade my heart build these poor rhymes: It worked at them, day out, day in, Building a sorrowful loveline...
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