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The Poetry of Ireland Mythological Times to the Present The Poetry of Ireland Mythological Tim es to the Present Edited with an Int roduction by PADRAIC COLUM L I V E R I G H T P U B L I S H I N G C O R P O R A T I O N ACKNOWLED GMENT For their generous permission to use poems published in the n I S : U ited States , the editor indebted to a Messrs . Brentano , for poems by Fr ncis Ledwidge . Wa nall s E thna . Messrs . Funk and g , for poems by Carbery c n Messrs . Henry Holt , for poems by Fran is Carli . ‘ Mr . W . B . Huebsch , for poems by James Joyce . E . The Macmillan Co . , for poems by A . , James Stephens , and W . B . Yeats . s a Miss Harriet Munroe , for On Waking , by Jo eph C mp ‘ “ b “ bell , The Apple Tree , by Nancy Camp ell , and The ’ ” Rior dan a O . Counsels of the R nn Maker , by T D ’ l o tr Bo r P e . O ge , published in y, Chicago Messrs . Frederick Stokes , for poems by Thomas Kettle, M D na h l Thomas ac o g , Padraic Pearse and Joseph P un kett . 1948 For the revised edition of , permissions have been given by the following poets : a Coll ec ted Poems Ne Austin Cl rke, for Aisling ( , w York, Macmillan L ou h D er and Denis Devlin , for Welcome My World ( g g, Oth er P oem s Ne w . , York, Reynal and Hitchcock) “ ” Lyle Donaghy, for At My Whisper . “ a Fi t Poems Lord Duns ny, for The Deserted Kingdom ( f y , New York, Putnam ) . “ Padraic Fallon , for Mary Hynes . Robert Farren, for The Cool Gold Wines of Paradise . Monk Gibbon , for From Disciple to Master . “ Oliver Gogarty, for The Forge . “ Francis Hackett, for Sea Dawn . “ n George Hetheri gton , for Charles at the Siege . a I r emon er V lentin g , for While the Summer Trees Were ” Crying . Patrick Kavanagh , for Through the Open Door . “ S on s r om L eins ter Winifred Letts , for A Soft Day ( g f ) . ” - Th e Dove Lord Longford, for To an Anti poetical Priest ( n h as tl e i t e C , Dublin , Hodges Figgis and “ ” M acD ona h The Hun r Donagh g , for Dublin Made Me ( g y Gr as s n . , Lo don, Faber and Faber ) “ M a D ono h f or c . Patrick g , Be Still As You Are Beautiful ” 1 M a cM anu n a Franc s s , for Pattern of Sai t Brend n . “ M a c Nam ar a Brinsley for On Seeing Swift in Laracor . ” M acNeice . Louis , for The Strand ’ M cGr eev Aodh Ruadh D omhnaill Poems Thomas y, for O ( , a . London, Willi m , Heinemann ) ’ “ Br e . Dermot O yn , for Dublin Ballad ’ O Connor n Frank , for To Toma s Costello at the Wars . ’ “ ’ ” Neill Pr Mary Devenport O , for The Tramp s Song ( ome theus and Other Poem s , London, Jonathan Cape) . ’ ’ “ Nolan O Br ien Aoibhinn l abh r i n Brian O (Flann ) , for , a e a , ” h r iall do t . ’ ll i n . Seumas O S u va , for Sketch “ ’ R d r s r . o ge , fo ife s Circumnavigators . W R l L “ ” Blanaid Salkeld, for No Uneasy Refuge . Thanks is also rendered to : Mrs . F . R . Higgins , for permission to use The Old Jockey Ar a ble Pas tur es ( , New York, Macmillan Mrs . Peter Kearney, for permission to use Down by the The Bold Feni an M en Glenside ( , Dublin, Waltons ) . “ d Mrs . William Butler Yeats , for permission to use Un er Ben ” h m L as t Poems New Bul e ( , York, Macmillan PA T NE T HE HO O F L THE R O ( USE, THE R AD , THE IE D , FAIR AN D THE FIRE SIDE) A POEM To BE SAID ON HEARING THE B IRDS S ING THE SONG OF THE OL D MOTHER ON WAKING A D AY IN IRELAND THE BLIND MAN AT THE FAIR MARKET WOMEN ’ S CRIES JOHN -JOHN NO MIRACLE E T BE R B WE GO L Us ME RY EFORE HAD I A GOLDEN POUND T HE COOLUN DEAR DARK HEAD PEARL OF THE WHITE BREAST COUNTRY SAYINGS COIS NA TE I NE ADH H I T E BALLAD OF FATHER G LLIGAN HOMECOMING ’ A ’ WHEN KIAN O H RA S CUP WAS PASSED TURLOUGH O ’ CAROLAN T HROUGH THE OPEN DOOR T HE SPINNING WHEE L RINGLETE D YOUTH OF M Y LOVE DO YOU REMEMBER THAT NIGH T ? THE SONG OF THE GHOST LULLABY I L I E DOWN WITH GOD PART TWO ( STREET SONGS AND COUNTRYSIDE SONGS MAINLY ANONYMOUS ) JO I H R L K W HNNY, A D Y NE YE ’ NELL FLAHERTY S DRAKE ALLAL U MO WAULE E N THE MAID OF THE SWEET BROWN KNOWE THE LAMBS ON THE GREE N HILLS STOOD GAZ ING M Y LOVE I S LIKE THE S UN ’ THE . NOBLEMAN S WEDDING ’ JOHNNY S THE L AD I LOVE I KNOW WHERE I ’ M GOING CASHEL OF MUNSTE R LOVELY MARY D ONNEL LY DRAHE RI N O MACHREE ’ THE OUL GREY MARE DOWN BY THE GLENSIDE THE BOYNE WATER THE S HAN VAN VOCHT ’ ’ THE WE ARI N 0 THE GREEN THE RISING OF THE MOON THE CROPPY BOY BY MEMORY I NSPIRE D PART THREE (THE CELTIC WORLD AND THE ’ AI M I RGI N S INVOCATION ’ T R S . PAT ICK S BREASTPLATE I N PRAISE OF M AY E RAI N DERM UI D TH SLEEP SONG OF G NE OVE R HE K D ER M I T AWA ENING OF U D THE L AY OF PRINCE MARVAN ’ THE CO L O OR M K R UNSE S F O RI DAN , THE RANN A E M Y OH S HE I S M Y LOVE , , LOVE AOI BHI NN LE ABHRAI N O THRI ALL , A , D THE WOMAN OF BEARE ’ CUCHULLAIN S LAMENT OVER FARDI AD KING CAHAL MOR OF THE WINE -RED HAND K I NCORA THE GRAVE OF RURY THE S HADOW HOUSE OF LUGH v ’ KING S S ON FAIRY HOST FAIRY THORN FAIRY LOVER WARNINGS LOVE - TALKER GREEN HUNTERS THE ISLANDS OF THE EVE R LIVING PART FOUR ( POEMS OF PLACE AND POEMS THE TRIAD OF THINGS NOT DECREED THE STARLING LAKE BOGAC BAN KILLARNEY T HE HILLS OF CUALANN ARDAN MOR CLONMACNOISE THE LITTLE WAVE S OF BRE FFNY M UCK I S H MOUNTAIN THE BOG LANDS THE BELLS OF S HANDON ’ COLUM CILLE S FAREWELL TO IRELAND JOHN O ’ DWYER OF THE GLEN A F R W LL O P R K S R L E RL A E E T AT IC A SFIE D , A LUCAN 1 745 FONTENOY . I N SP I A N KI I N SPAIN : DRIN NG SONG THE BATTLE E VE OF THE IRISH BRIGADE THE FAIR HILLS OF IRELAND THE WINDING BANKS OF ERNE CORRYM EE LA T HE IRISH PEASANT GIRL THE COUNTY OF MAYO PART FIVE ( SATIRES LAMENTS ) DIDO TO AENEAS ON HIMSELF ON AN I LL -MANAGED HOUSE ON THE WORLD RIGHTEOUS ANGER THE PETITION OF TOM DERMODY To THE T HREE FATE S IN COUNCIL SITTING To AN ANTI - POETICAL PRIEST T HE NIGHT BEFORE LARRY WAS STRETCHED BRUADAR AND SMITH AND GL I NN ’ THE GAMBLER S REPENTANCE A A CURSE ON . CLOSED GATE ’ ’ H S S E Y DE U O U S O TO THE MAG IRE A LAMENT FOR THE PRINCES OF TYRONE AND TYRCONNE L ’ LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF E OGHAN RUADH O NEILL DIRGE ON THE DEATH OF ART O ’ LEARY ’ T HE LAMENT FOR O SULLIVAN BEARE A CONNACHT CAOINE T HE CONVICT OF CLONM ALA THE OUTLAW OF LOCH LENE AGHADOE THE B URIAL OF S I R JOHN MOORE LAMENT FOR T HOMAS DAVIS PARNELL ’ S YNGE S GRAVE REVELRY FOR THE DYING LAMENT FOR SEAN MACDERMOTT LAMENT FOR T HOMAS MACDONAGH LAMENT FOR THE POETS ; 19 1 6 H E HOW OFT AS THE BANSHE CRIED PART S I! (OUR HERITAGE) THE DOWNFALL OF THE GAEL LAMENT FOR BANBA TARA I S GRASS KATHLEEN - NI - HOULAHAN DARK ROSALE EN ROISIN D UBH THE DARK PALACE AFTER DEATH WAYS OF WAR THIS HE RITAGE TO THE RACE OF KINGS T HE IRISH RAPPAREES T HE MEMORY OF THE DEAD THRO’ GRIEF AND THRO’ DANGER xii T HE IRISH MOTHER IN THE PENAL DAYS A SONG OF FREEDOM THE THREE WOES PART SEVEN (PERSONAL POEMS ) AT THE M I D HOUR OF NIGHT EILEEN AROON AND THEN NO MORE MAIRE M Y GIRL HELAS ! I N THE STREETS OF CATANIA THE DOVES S HEEP AND LAMBS THE PIT OF LOVE ’ Y THE FOL LY OF BEING COMFORTED THINK IMMORTALITY A FAREWELL LOVE ' ON THE MOUNTAIN NIGHT’ S ANCIENT CLOUD M AD SONG THE WINGS OF LOVE ON A POET PATRIOT WISHES FOR M Y S ON GREETING T HE SEDGES T HE HALF DOOR T HIS HEART THAT FLUTTE RS NEAR HEART I HEAR AN ARMY TO DEATH IDEAL RIVER- MATES THE DAISIES T HE GOAT PATHS THE SPARK A SOFT DAY HE WHOM A DREA M HATH POSSESSED THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE I T LISTE TH THE APPLE-TRE E PART EIGHT ( POEMS SINCE l AISLING DIRGE OF THE LONE WOMAN WELCOME M Y WORLD AT M Y WHISPER THE DESERTED KINGDOM MAR Y HYNES THE COOL GOLD WINES OF PARADISE FROM DISCIPLE TO MASTE R THE FORGE S E A DAWN CHARLES AT THE SIEGE THE OLD JOC E K Y T WHILE THE SUMMER REES WERE CRYING BE STILL As YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL D UBLIN MADE ME PATTERN OF SAINT BRENDAN ON SEEING SWIFT IN LARACOR THE STRAND ’ AODH RUADH O D OM HNAI LL A DUBLI B LL D : 19 16 N ' A A TO TOMAUS COSTELLO AT THE WARS ’ THE TRAMP S SONG S KETCH LIFE ’ S CIRCUMNAVIGATORS NO UNEASY REFUGE UNDER BE N BULBE N S LAI NTHE S LAI NTHE NOTES INDE! OF AUTHOR S INDE! OF FIRST LINES INTRODUCTION I should like to call this an Anthology Of the Poetry of Ireland rather than an Anthology Of Irish Poetry .
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