The Poetry Corner

The Red Man's Wife

By James Stephens

Then she arose And walked in the valley In her fine clothes. After great fire Great frost Comes following. Turgesius was lost By the daughter of Maelsheachlin The King. By Grainne, Of high Ben Gulbain in the north, Was Diarmuid lost. The strong sons of Ushna, Who never submitted, They fell by Deirdre.