The Me Within Thee Blind! (Dora Sigerson Shorter Poems)
I At the convent doors, full of alarm She stood, like a young bird quitting its nest. Her first flight ...
I At the convent doors, full of alarm She stood, like a young bird quitting its nest. Her first flight ...
Madge Linsey at the well raised the deep waters, Brimmed her brass bucket full, went from her place. Loose hung ...
Withered with years and broken by Time's play I still do live, who only seek to lay My harp aside ...
A LEGEND OF GLENDALOUGH It was the bride of Colman Dhu In Glendalough sat down, She hushed the babe upon ...
You were very fair to meet once, Marie, With your eyes like some blue hiding flower, Now where the sun ...
Who knocks at the Geraldine's door to-night In the black storm and the rain? With the thunder crash and the ...
In the springtime once I wandered 'mid fair flowers of golden hue; Wonder-eyed I gazed around me in those fields ...
A beggar sat by the King's highway, O, but the road was long! His hair was black and his beard ...
This is the scene of a man's despair, and a soul's release From the difficult traits of the flesh; so, ...
Heaven help your home to-night,MacCormac; for I knowA white witch woman is your bride:You married for your woe.You thought her ...
Who was stealing the Baron's wine, Golden sherry and port so old, Precious, I wot, as drops of gold? Lone ...
O the chatter, chatter, chatter, Of the things that do not matter. Little wordy things that clatter, Restless feet that ...
A miller's daughter, as I heard tell- Sing heigh! but the maid was merry- Was loved by her father's man ...
A little dog disturbed my trust in Heaven. I praised most faithfully All the great things that be, Man's pain ...
When saucy Celia came my way I knew my sport was ended, So ceased my cunning rod to play, Since ...
See, there he goes, a-pulling his long beard; With frowning brow, and far and absent gaze, On his bowed head ...
All on a golden morning the beggar maid did go To gather branch and berry, the hazel-nut and sloe. And ...
I drew her out of the wave High up on the windy shore. Oh, never a fish I caught So ...
Here, in the silent churchyard, 'mid a thousand dead, alone, Weary I sit for a moment clasping this cross of ...
I had no culture for my love, Hungrily my heart cried "Knowledge, be my master, Turn, brain, O faster. Grind ...
My darling laughed in the dawning, And the birds perched low to hear. The quick sprung anew from dead ashes ...
A CHILD'S SONG There sits a piper on the hill Who pipes the livelong day, And when he pipes both ...
Here a gentle poet lies, Hurt to death by stinging flies. Hush thy laughter, whisper low. He hath more joy ...
Oh, the lonely road, the road to Cabinteely! 'Tis there I see a little ghost, and gaily singeth she. She ...
I want to talk to thee of many thingsOr sit in silence when the robin singsHis littl' song, when comes ...
The wind that blows from the west Taps at my window, sighing; But I pull the curtains close, I'll hear ...
How long wilt thou love me, O my love? "As long as life may be." Life is but a breath ...
How can I laugh or dance as others do, Or ply my rock or reel? My heart will still return ...
Well, love, so be it as you say, Just the hours of a summer's day, And no sighing for what ...
Lighted by the lady moon, Breezes blow and aspens quiver, By the stream's enchanted tune Singing to the distant river, ...
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