by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod

Dead love
Language: English 
     From the Gaelic

(Heard sung by an old woman of
The Island of Tiree)

It is the grey rock I am,
And the 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 the wind.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-17
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Word count: 77