The Keene, or Funeral Dirge, of Brian Boruma the King, Slain at the Battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1014. A Paraphrase from the Book of Leinster, as Transcribed in the Twelfth Century

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The Keene, or Funeral Dirge, of Brian Boruma the King, Slain at the Battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1014. A Paraphrase from the Book of Leinster, as Transcribed in the Twelfth Century

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The Keene, or Funeral Dirge, of Brian Boruma the King, Slain at the Battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1014. A Paraphrase from the Book of Leinster, as Transcribed in the Twelfth Century

Poet(s)

Unsigned

Credits

Translator

Craig, William Alexander

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

The English Illustrated Magazine 16:157, 95–96, October 1896.

First line

Great but sad is the song I sing

Authorship

Unsigned

Original language

Irish

Notes and attribution research

Translation signed W. Alexander Craig, M.R.I.A. (BGL)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 19593

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