And as I Rode by Granard MoatCombining the rigour of an anthologist with the informal charm of a legendary raconteur, Benedict Kiely leads us on a delightful ramble around Ireland through song and verse. Starting in 'Sweet Omagh Town', we travel down the lanes and highways of thirty-two counties with help from the great poets of Ireland and from the traditional songs of nature, love and rebellion - 'The Yellow Bittern', 'Ringleted Youth of My Love', 'The Bold Fenian Men' and many others. And as I Rode by Granard Moat is much more than a collection of poems and ballads: it is at once the literary evocation of an island and an intimate, highly personal chronicle. |
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... Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast . This jewel that houses our hopes and our fears Was knocked in the last hundred years ; from the up swamp But the last shall be first and the first shall be last : May the Lord in His mercy be kind ...
... Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast . This jewel that houses our hopes and our fears Was knocked in the last hundred years ; from the up swamp But the last shall be first and the first shall be last : May the Lord in His mercy be kind ...
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... Lord God gave to my youth In attempting impossible things , deeming them alone worth the toil . Was it folly or grace ? Not men shall judge me , but God . I have squandered the splendid years : Lord , if I had the years I would squander ...
... Lord God gave to my youth In attempting impossible things , deeming them alone worth the toil . Was it folly or grace ? Not men shall judge me , but God . I have squandered the splendid years : Lord , if I had the years I would squander ...
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... Lord , ' AE wrote in what can only be considered as the beginning of a prayer . And he might have liked the music of the scythe in ' An Spealadóir ' even if he might also have mourned that the grass , the work of the Lord , could ever ...
... Lord , ' AE wrote in what can only be considered as the beginning of a prayer . And he might have liked the music of the scythe in ' An Spealadóir ' even if he might also have mourned that the grass , the work of the Lord , could ever ...
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Contents | 1 |
The Green Flowery Banks Anon 7 The Ballad of Douglas Bridge | 14 |
Omagh Town Anon 28 The Treacherous Waves of Loughmuck | 31 |
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