Question

What is the summary of poem Lord Ullin's Daughter?

Answer 1

there was a king who want marry her daughter but the daughter was loving with a chief and father was against it. her father said if I will see him with then I will him. then both run away from there and the day was stormy so they have to acroos river they said to boatman and take them

Answer 2

$\large{\bold{LORD \: ULLIN'S \: DAUGHTER}}$

This is beautiful poem written by Thomas Campbell. This poem is about a chieftain and his beloved. His beloved is the daughter of the lord ullin. Both the lovers fled from their houses, they reached at the Shore and asked the boatman to carry them in his boat.

The boatman ask them who they are and why they wanted to cross the sea in the dark and Stormy weather. Then they gave him their identification that he was a chieftain of Ulva Isle and the girl was lord ullin's daughter and her father's men were chasing them.

The chieftain said that he had fled with his beloved and if the lord would catch them would kill him.

The chieftain said that the horsemen of his beloved's father are chasing him and what would happen if they would kill him. Then who take care of his beloved.

Now after hearing the pitiful story of the chieftain. The boatman said that he would row them across the sea. He is not greedy and is not helping them for money but he know that they are true lovers and he is only helping the lovers.

The boatman gave a promise to the chieftain that he would row them across the ferry till they both are not out of danger.

At that time when they were talking, the sea was turning furious. Darkness watch spread all over and the water was making very violent noise.

The atmosphere was going very frightening and the night was growing nearer. In this furious time they all heard the heavy sound of armed men which was coming near to them.

When the lady heard the sound of heavily armed men see requested the boatman to make haste. She save that she could face the wrath of stormy is sky but was unable to face her father. The sea was roaring and the waves wear producing furious sound. At that moment the boat left the shorw and entered into the stormy sea.

The boatman rowed his both along with the chieftain and her beloved through The roaring stormy water. Lord ullin, the father of the girl had reached to the shore. But when he saw that her daughter had entered into the mouth of death i.e., in stormy sea, all his anger turned into wailing.

When Lord Ullin saw that her lovely daughter was in danger, he became very sad. He cried them to come back to the grief.

Lord Ullin's hard heart was also melt by her daughters love to the chieftain. He cried that he would forgive both of them and pleaded them to return back. But all his pleads and cries were in vain as the loud waves were turning very furious and these dangerous waves swept away the chieftain and his daughter. Now the Lord remained alone on the shore lamenting on his fate.