tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post962106991218721139..comments2024-03-28T14:38:09.470+00:00Comments on Patrick Comerford: From Clontarf to Tara: a photograph of a sculpted head of Brian Boru Patrick Comerfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00558394038241172440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561249004966522983.post-72182114063172507902016-09-06T21:16:04.035+01:002016-09-06T21:16:04.035+01:00Ghost Ships at Inis-Cealtra (Eb major)
See ...Ghost Ships at Inis-Cealtra (Eb major) <br /><br />See how they come these ghosts of yore, <br />Their ships are lapping at the shore; <br />Their long cloaks streel the evening dew, <br />The men who fought with Brian Boru. <br />They come to claim this resting place — <br />I see their likes in every face — <br />Their lot was cast by Liffey’s shore <br />Where Murchadh fell with thousands more. <br /><br />Chorus <br />The Shannon waters heard their last goodbyes — <br />Here waved their women with those plaintive sighs — <br />They went to battle with the Viking foe;<br /> For their king they lost, their keen of woe! <br /><br />The twilight mists that fall so swift <br />The bat-wing hush that from them lifts <br />Above the water’s violet hue —<br /> I see them move, this ancient crew. <br /><br />To the Holy Island floating there <br />A silhouette upon the air: <br />The unroofed tower where anchorite <br />Raised prayer and praise, both day and night. <br /><br />Chorus <br />Where Holy Island floats on the dark lake <br />Mountshannon lights reach out — for pity sake — <br />Like candle flicker on the water’s face <br />To guide these pilgrims to their resting place. <br /><br />See how they come these ghosts of yore, <br />Their longships lapping at the shore;<br /> Their cloaks that streel the evening dew, <br />The men who fought with Brian Boru, <br /><br />They come to claim this resting place — <br />I see their likes in every face — <br />Their lot was cast by Cluain-Tarbh’s shore, <br />Their rest is here — they’re home once more.<br /> — © Frank Callery.Frank Calleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375204525978261069noreply@blogger.com