The Mentor Book of Irish Poetry: From AE to YeatsDevin A. Garrity |
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... round the Abbey Bay , From rocky Inis Saimer to Coolnargit sandhills grey ; While far upon the southern line , to guard it like a wall , The Leitrim mountains clothed in blue gaze calmly over all , And watch the ship sail up or down ...
... round the Abbey Bay , From rocky Inis Saimer to Coolnargit sandhills grey ; While far upon the southern line , to guard it like a wall , The Leitrim mountains clothed in blue gaze calmly over all , And watch the ship sail up or down ...
Page 35
... round a lonely dale Our cottage - roof enclose , Come night or morn , the hissing pail With fragrant cream o'erflows ; And roused at break of day from sleep , And cheerly trudging hither , - A scythe - sweep , and a scythe - sweep , We ...
... round a lonely dale Our cottage - roof enclose , Come night or morn , the hissing pail With fragrant cream o'erflows ; And roused at break of day from sleep , And cheerly trudging hither , - A scythe - sweep , and a scythe - sweep , We ...
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... Round and round the oatmeal - chest . For he comes , the human child , To the waters and the wild With a faery , hand in hand , From a world more full of weeping than he can understand . RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND The old brown ...
... Round and round the oatmeal - chest . For he comes , the human child , To the waters and the wild With a faery , hand in hand , From a world more full of weeping than he can understand . RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND The old brown ...
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