The Mentor Book of Irish Poetry: From AE to YeatsDevin A. Garrity |
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Page 70
... fire . Her beauty stirred his brooding blood , Her magic mounted in his head , He stole her from her tinker clan And ... fires And climbed the windy road to Kells . And from this house she watched them go With blue - wheeled cart and ...
... fire . Her beauty stirred his brooding blood , Her magic mounted in his head , He stole her from her tinker clan And ... fires And climbed the windy road to Kells . And from this house she watched them go With blue - wheeled cart and ...
Page 77
... fire , The pile of turf against the wall ! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down , A dresser filled with shining delph , Speckled and white and blue and brown ! I could be busy all the day Clearing ...
... fire , The pile of turf against the wall ! To have a clock with weights and chains And pendulum swinging up and down , A dresser filled with shining delph , Speckled and white and blue and brown ! I could be busy all the day Clearing ...
Page 113
... fire Of stick and cowdung ? Who , having come to sense , Tenting with her but comes to know As mere illusions Those dark eyes heavy with dream Of lost kingdoms , The sound of strings and drums She carries about her soft in the air as ...
... fire Of stick and cowdung ? Who , having come to sense , Tenting with her but comes to know As mere illusions Those dark eyes heavy with dream Of lost kingdoms , The sound of strings and drums She carries about her soft in the air as ...
Common terms and phrases
17th century Aghadoe Aileen aroon beauty birds breast Brian O'Linn bright caubeen century cold dance Dark Rosaleen dead dear death door dream earth eyes F. R. Higgins face fair feet Floodtide fool girl God save Ireland gone grass grave green grey grief hair hand hath hear heart heaven hill holy Hurroo Inishtrahull Ireland Irish King Kinkora kiss knew L. A. G. Strong Ladle lake land light lips live lonely maid MARY DEVENPORT O'NEILL moon morning mountain never night o'er PADRAIC PEARSE poems poets pray quiet road rose Says the Shan SEAN O'FAOLAIN Shan Van Vocht sigh silent singing sleep snow soft song sorrow soul stars stone sweet tears tell thee There's Thomas Macdonagh thou thought tide tree W. R. RODGERS watch weeping wild wind woman wonder young