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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... eyes to rack your bosoms yet . Moneymore , Moneygall and Moyne , Mullinahone , Mullinavat , Mullagh and Mooncoin , Shanagolden , Shanballymore , Stranorlar and Slane , Toberheena , Toomeyvara , Tempo and Strabane . On the Southern ...
... eyes to rack your bosoms yet . Moneymore , Moneygall and Moyne , Mullinahone , Mullinavat , Mullagh and Mooncoin , Shanagolden , Shanballymore , Stranorlar and Slane , Toberheena , Toomeyvara , Tempo and Strabane . On the Southern ...
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... eyes under Sunday wear were all my liturgy ; How can she hope for heaven who has so deluded me ? When daffodils were ... eye . Drape every downcast day now in purple cloth of Lent , Smudge every forehead now with ash , that she may yet ...
... eyes under Sunday wear were all my liturgy ; How can she hope for heaven who has so deluded me ? When daffodils were ... eye . Drape every downcast day now in purple cloth of Lent , Smudge every forehead now with ash , that she may yet ...
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... eyes sparkled through her veil ; Her scarlet cloak - half immaterial – Flew wildly round her person aerial . With oaths , he tried to grasp her form , ' Twere easier far to catch a storm ; Before his eyes she held him there , His hands ...
... eyes sparkled through her veil ; Her scarlet cloak - half immaterial – Flew wildly round her person aerial . With oaths , he tried to grasp her form , ' Twere easier far to catch a storm ; Before his eyes she held him there , His hands ...
Contents
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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