He. Opinion is not worth a rush;In this altar-piece the knight,Who grips his long spear so to pushThat dragon through the fading light,Loved the lady; and it’s plainThe half-dead dragon…
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I had this thought a while ago,‘My darling cannot understandWhat I have done, or what would doIn this blind bitter land.’ And I grew weary of the sunUntil my thoughts…
Three Voices [together]. Hurry to bless the hands that play,The mouths that speak, the notes and strings,O masters of the glittering town!O! lay the shrilly trumpet down,Though drunken with the…
ONE had a lovely face,And two or three had charm,But charm and face were in vainBecause the mountain grassCannot but keep the formWhere the mountain hare has lain.
I Now that we’re almost settled in our houseI’ll name the friends that cannot sup with usBeside a fire of turf in th’ ancient tower,And having talked to some late…
GOD grant a blessing on this tower and cottageAnd on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled,No table or chair or stool not simple enoughFor shepherd lads in Galilee; and grantThat…
How came this rangerNow sunk in rest,Stranger with strangcr.On my cold breast?What’s left to Sigh for?Strange night has come;God’s love has hidden himOut of all harm,Pleasure has made himWeak as…
I AM tired of cursing the Bishop,(Said Crazy Jane)Nine books or nine hatsWould not make him a man.I have found something worseTo meditate on.A King had some beautiful cousins.But where…
The heron-billed pale cattle-birdsThat feed on some foul parasiteOf the Moroccan flocks and herdsCross the narrow Straits to lightIn the rich midnight of the garden treesTill the dawn break upon…
REMEMBER all those renowned generations,They left their bodies to fatten the wolves,They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes,Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselvesIn cavern, crevice, or hole,Defending Ireland’s…