The Municipal Gallery Revisited
The Municipal Gallery Revisited AROUND me the images of thirty years: An ambush; pilgrims at the water-side; Casement upon trial, half hidden by the bars, Guarded; […]
READ MOREThe New Faces
The New Faces IF you, that have grown old, were the first dead, Neither catalpa tree nor scented lime Should hear my living feet, nor would […]
READ MOREThe Nineteenth Century And After
The Nineteenth Century And After THOUGH the great song return no more There’s keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on the shore […]
READ MOREThe O’Rahilly
The O’Rahilly SING of the O’Rahilly, Do not deny his right; Sing a “the’ before his name; Allow that he, despite All those learned historians, Established […]
READ MOREThe Old Age Of Queen Maeve
The Old Age Of Queen Maeve A certain poet in outlandish clothes Gathered a crowd in some Byzantine lane, Talked of his country and its people, […]
READ MOREThe Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water
The Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water I HEARD the old, old men say, “Everything alters, And one by one we drop away.” They had […]
READ MOREThe Old Pensioner
The Old Pensioner I had a chair at every hearth, When no one turned to see With ‘Look at that old fellow there; And who may […]
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The Old Stone Cross A statesman is an easy man, He tells his lies by rote; A journalist makes up his lies And takes you by […]
READ MOREThe Peacock
The Peacock What’s riches to him That has made a great peacock With the pride of his eye? The wind-beaten, stone-grey, And desolate Three Rock Would […]
READ MOREThe People
The People “WHAT have I earned for all that work,’ I said, ‘For all that I have done at my own charge? The daily spite of […]
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