The Lay of Prince Marvan (Anonymous Irish Poems)
THERE is a sheeling hidden in the wood Unknown to all save God; An ancient ash-tree and a hazel-bush Their ...
THERE is a sheeling hidden in the wood Unknown to all save God; An ancient ash-tree and a hazel-bush Their ...
Bruadar and Smith and Glinn Amen, dear God, I pray, May they lie ...
(The Beggar's Address to His Bag) GOOD neighbors, dear, be cautious, And covet no man's pounds or pence. Ambition's greedy ...
I arise todayThrough a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through a belief in the Threeness,Through confession of the Oneness ...
It is late last night the dog was speaking of you;the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh.It ...
Tim Finnegan lived in Walkin' Street,A gentleman Irish mighty odd;He had a brogue both rich and sweet,And to rise in ...
Harp of Cnoc I'Chosgair, you who bring sleepto eyes long sleepless;sweet subtle, plangent, glad, cooling grave.Excellent instrument with smooth gentle ...
Writhing bodies clad in blackFlow past me as I stare.Like beacons on a stormy seaThe lights around them flare.Leather, velvet, ...
Pure gold, bright sky about the sun,A silver goblet filled with wine,An angel wise is everyoneThat still hath done God's ...
Blessed Trinity have pity! You can give the blind man sight,Fill the rocks with waving grasses-- Give my house a ...
Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sightWith people here workin' by day and by nightThey don't sow potatoes, nor barley, ...
They landed in Africa to clash with the HunAnd came out in good time to miss none of the fun,They ...
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,Naught is all else to me, save that Thou art.Thou my best ...
May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine upon you ...
O God, listen to my prayerLet my earnest petition come to you,for I know that you are hearing meAs surely ...
It were my soul's desireTo see the face of God;It were my soul's desireTo rest in His abode.It were my ...
May the light of your soul guide you.May the light of your soul bless the work that you dowith the ...
I pray you, Christ, to change my heart, To make it whole;Once you took on flesh like mine, ...
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are callingFrom glen to glen, and down the mountain sideThe summer's gone, and ...
Would God I were the tender apple blossomThat floats and falls from off the twisted boughTo lie and faint within ...
God's will would I do,My own will bridle;God's due would I give,My own due yield;God's path would I travel,My own ...
When holy Patrick full of graceSuffered on Cruach, that blest place,In grief and gloom enduring thenFor Eire's women, Eire's men,God ...
I smoor the fire this night As the Son of Mary would smoor it; The compassing of God be on ...
Little bird! O little bird!I wonder at what thou doest,Thou singing merry far from me,I in sadness all alone!Little bird! ...
May there always be work for your hands to do; May your purse always hold a coin or two; May ...
Here's a song -stags give tongue winter snowssummer goes.High cold blowsun is lowbrief his dayseas give spray.Fern clumps reddenshapes are ...
O King of stars!Whether my house be dark or bright,Never shall it be closed against any one,Lest Christ close His ...
O Son of God, it would be sweet a lovely journey to cross the wave, the fount in flood and ...
Deep peace of therunning waves to you.Deep peace of the flowing air to you.Deep peace of the quiet earth to ...
Icham of Irlaunde Ant of the holy londe Of Irlande.Gode sire, pray ich the,For of saynte charite,Come ant daunce ...
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