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At the Abbey Theatre
2023-12-06Dear Craoibhin Aoibhin, look into our case. When we are high and airy hundreds say That if we hold that flight they‘ll leave the place, While th...
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These are the Clouds
2023-12-06These are the clouds about the fallen sun, The majesty that shuts his burning eye: The weak lay hand on what the strong has done, Till that be tumbled...
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At Galway Races
2023-12-06There where the course is, Delight makes all of the one mind, The riders upon the galloping horses, The crowd that closes in behind: We, too, had good...
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A Friend's Illness
2023-12-06Sickness brought me this Thought, in that scale of his: Why should I be dismayed Though flame had burned the whole World, as it were a coal, Now I hav...
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All Things can Tempt Me
2023-12-06All things can tempt me from this craft of verse: One time it was a woman‘s face, or worse— The seeming needs of my fool-driven land; Now ...
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A Man Young and Old(一)
2023-12-06I First Love Though nurtured like the sailing moon In beauty‘s murderous brood, She walked awhile and blushed awhile And on my pathway stood Unt...
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A Man Young and Old(二)
2023-12-06II Human Dignity Like the moon her kindness is, If kindness I may call What has no comprehension in‘t, But is the same for all As though my sorr...
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A Man Young and Old(三)
2023-12-06III The Mermaid A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happi...
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A Man Young and Old(四)
2023-12-06IV The Death of the Hare I have pointed out the yelling pack, The hare leap to the wood, And when I pass a compliment Rejoice as lover should At the d...
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A Man Young and Old(五)
2023-12-06V The Empty Cup A crazy man that found a cup, When all but dead of thirst, Hardly dared to wet his mouth Imagining, moon-accursed, That another mouthf...