His Confidence
His Confidence Undying love to buy I wrote upon The corners of this eye All wrongs done. What payment were enough For undying love? I broke […]
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His Dream I swayed upon the gaudy stem The butt-end of a steering-oar, And saw wherever I could turn A crowd upon a shore. And though […]
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His Phoenix THERE is a queen in China, or maybe it’s in Spain, And birthdays and holidays such praises can be heard Of her unblemished lineaments, […]
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Hound Voice BECAUSE we love bare hills and stunted trees And were the last to choose the settled ground, Its boredom of the desk or of […]
READ MOREI Am Of Ireland
I Am Of Ireland ‘I am of Ireland, And the Holy Land of Ireland, And time runs on,’ cried she. ‘Come out of charity, Come dance […]
READ MOREImitated From The Japanese
Imitated From The Japanese A MOST astonishing thing — Seventy years have I lived; (Hurrah for the flowers of Spring, For Spring is here again.) Seventy […]
READ MOREIn Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen
In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen FIVE-AND-TWENTY years have gone Since old William pollexfen Laid his strong bones down in death By his wife Elizabeth In the […]
READ MOREIn Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth And Con Markiewicz
In Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth And Con Markiewicz The light of evening, Lissadell, Great windows open to the south, Two girls in silk kimonos, both Beautiful, […]
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In Memory of Major Robert Gregory Now that we’re almost settled in our house I’ll name the friends that cannot sup with us Beside a fire […]
READ MOREIn Tara’s Halls
In Tara’s Halls A MAN I praise that once in Tara’s Hals Said to the woman on his knees, “Lie still. My hundredth year is at […]
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