I WANDER by the edgeOf this desolate lakeWhere wind cries in the sedge:Until the axle breakThat keeps the stars in their round,And hands hurl in the deepThe banners of East…
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THEY must to keep their certainty accuseAll that are different of a base intent;Pull down established honour; hawk for newsWhatever their loose fantasy inventAnd murmur it with bated breath, as…
O THOUGHT, fly to her when the end of dayAwakens an old memory, and say,“Your strength, that is so lofty and fierce and kind,It might call up a new age,…
WHO will go drive with Fergus now,And pierce the deep wood’s woven shade,And dance upon the level shore?Young man, lift up your russet brow,And lift your tender eyelids, maid,And brood…
‘I am of Ireland,And the Holy Land of Ireland,And time runs on,’ cried she.‘Come out of charity,Come dance with me in Ireland.’ One man, one man aloneIn that outlandish gear,One…
NEVER give all the heart, for loveWill hardly seem worth thinking ofTo passionate women if it seemCertain, and they never dreamThat it fades out from kiss to kiss;For everything that’s…
I CALL on those that call me son,Grandson, or great-grandson,On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts,To judge what I have done.Have I, that put it into words,Spoilt what old loins have…
If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet, Or ask if all be right From mirror after mirror, No vanity’s displayed: I’m…
THE girl goes dancing thereOn the leaf-sown, new-mown, smoothGrass plot of the garden;Escaped from bitter youth,Escaped out of her crowd,Or out of her black cloud.Ah, dancer, ah, sweet dancer.! If…
MY dear, my dear, I knowMore than anotherWhat makes your heart beat so;Not even your own motherCan know it as I know,Who broke my heart for herWhen the wild thought,That…