The Three Hermits
The Three Hermits THREE old hermits took the air By a cold and desolate sea, First was muttering a prayer, Second rummaged for a flea; On […]
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The Three Monuments THEY hold their public meetings where Our most renowned patriots stand, One among the birds of the air, A stumpier on either hand; […]
READ MOREThe Tower
The Tower I WHAT shall I do with this absurdity – O heart, O troubled heart – this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to […]
READ MOREThe Travail Of Passion
The Travail Of Passion WHEN the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide; When an immortal passion breathes in mortal clay; Our hearts endure the scourge, the […]
READ MOREThe Two Kings
The Two Kings KING EOCHAID came at sundown to a wood Westward of Tara. Hurrying to his queen He had outridden his war-wasted men That with […]
READ MOREThe Two Trees
The Two Trees BELOVED, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And all the trembling flowers […]
READ MOREThe Unappeasable Host
The Unappeasable Host THE Danaan children laugh, in cradles of wrought gold, And clap their hands together, and half close their eyes, For they will ride […]
READ MOREThe Valley of the Black Pig
The Valley of the Black Pig The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes, And then the clash of […]
READ MOREThe Wanderings of Oisin: Book I
The Wanderings of Oisin: Book I S. Patrick. You who are bent, and bald, and blind, With a heavy heart and a wandering mind, Have known […]
READ MOREThe Wanderings of Oisin: Book II
The Wanderings of Oisin: Book II Now, man of croziers, shadows called our names And then away, away, like whirling flames; And now fled by, mist-covered, […]
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