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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER AUGHRIM, by EMILY LAWLESS Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: She said, 'they gave me of their best' Last Line: Yet still their love comes home to me Subject(s): Ireland | |||
The pale dead faces, the scattered limbs, The desolation, the horror there! This is the end of rebellion's dreams, After Aughrim, after Aughrim fair. The moans of the wounded, the dying groans, The weeping mothers, the fathers in despair, Who sent their sons to the English guns, After Aughrim, after Aughrim fair. Our cause was lost, our hope was vain, The gallant struggle ended there, Our brave were killed, our chiefs were slain, After Aughrim, after Aughrim fair. O William, the bloody, the cruel, the cold, May God have mercy on thy soul! For many a heart to the clay is gone Through thee, and thy English rule. And still we strive for liberty, And still we meet with an English foe, But some day we'll be free, we'll be free, In the far-off, gay and gallant land of France. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SIGHTSEERS by PAUL MULDOON THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE BALLAD OF BALLYMOTE by TESS GALLAGHER AN IRISH HEADLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GIANT'S RING: BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST by ROBINSON JEFFERS IRELAND; WRITTEN FOR THE ART AUTOGRAPH DURING IRISH FAMINE by SIDNEY LANIER FONTENOY, 1745: 1. BEFORE THE BATTLE: NIGHT by EMILY LAWLESS FONTENOY, 1745: 2. AFTER THE BATTLE, EARLY DAWN, CLARE COAST by EMILY LAWLESS |
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