Representative Poetry Online
On this day: June 12th
Random Poem of the Day
(From the Old Irish)
2I that wrought my children's loss,
3I that wronged Jesus of life,
4Mine by right had been the cross.
5I a kingly house forsook,
6Ill my choice and my disgrace,
7Ill the counsel that I took
8Withering me and all my race.
9I that brought winter in
10And the windy glistening sky,
11I that brought sorrow and sin,
12Hell and pain and terror, I.
Notes
1] MacDonagh notes: "An Old-Irish poem of the tenth century. Of its four stanzas I have omitted one which I think worthless" (132). Back to Line