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ArranAuthor(s): Maurice HarmonSource: New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Summer, 2001), p. 52Published by: University of St. Thomas (Center for Irish Studies)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20557717 .

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Fil?ocht Nua: New Poetry

ARRAN

from Accalam na Sen?rach

Arran of many stags

The sea beats against her cliffs

Island feeder of hunting bands

Ridges red with steely spears.

Restless stags on the summits

Ripe bilberries in thickets

Cool water in her streams

Mast in her red oaks.

Hunting dogs and beagles there

Blackberries and blackthorn sloes

Its shore close to the woods

Deer straying among the oaks.

A purple crop on the rocks

Unblemished grass in the glades Pleasant cover on the crags

The skipping sound of dappled fawns.

Smooth plains and fat swine

Happy fields, a tale to believe, Nuts hang on her tree tops

Long ships sail by.

Pleasant in fine weather

Trout below the river banks

Gulls circling the white cliff Arran always beautiful.

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