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From the Hills of Dream

Mountain Songs and Island Runes [by William Sharp]

Sharp, William,1855-1905

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FROM THE HILLS OF DREAM

The Green Lady.

A Milking Song.

A Milking Song.

St Bride's Warning.

The Rainbow Bird.

The Hollow Land.

The Sorrow of Delight.

The Stone of Sorrow.

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FOAM OF THE PAST

The Moon-Song of Cathal.

The Sun-Chant of Cathal.

War-Chant of the Islesmen.

The Laughter of the Sword.

The Death Shadow.

The Ford of Death.

The Washer of Souls.

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The Faring of the Tide.

The Rune of the Black Seal.

The Rune of Mànus MacCodrum.

The Spell of the Sight.

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THE LOVE SONGS OF IAN MÒR

Silk o' the Kine.

Eilidh, my Fawn.

Love in Absence.

The Closing Doors.

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FROM THE HEART OF A WOMAN

An Inscription.

Pulse of my Heart.

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THE SILENCE OF AMOR

The Shadowy Woodlands.

At the Rising of the Moon.

Lances of Gold.

The Twilit Waters.

The White Merle.

The Weaver of Hope.

The Golden Tides.

The Reed Player.

The Sea Shell.

The White Procession.

The Two Eternities.

The Hills of Dream.

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The Sea Shell.

In the heart of the shell

In the heart of the shell a wild-rose flush lies shut from wind or wave; lies close, and dreams to the unceasing lullaby that the sea-shell sings.

O would that I were that wild-rose flush, shut close from wind or wave: O would that I were that wild-rose flush to dream for ever to the unceasing song my sea-shell sings.