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Rí-rá
When Sweeney heard the
rírá
buzzclamourtalk
Of the communityhost and lovecaresstumult
Of the exaltgreat fairyarmycrowd he rose up
From the sacredscionbordertree to the
showerabundant trancenebulae
Of the firmaments above the tops of everywhere from
Mayne to Moyne,
Above the ridgepolerooftrees of every quarterland-domain.
For a melancholylong moonspacetime he
Robin-sonnered
Through Ireland, transient-visiting and
griefshockrushfallsearching
In rock-hard spelldefilesodshelterclefts
in Carrick and the Scalp
And in minor-poetdronebushthickets of tall ivy
penismast-trees
And in kyle-narrow covehollows in Coose among
The isleshorecastletesticlestones from estuaryspit
to estuaryspit
In Inver and in Binn from sweetcliffgablepeak
to sweetcliffgablepeak