The Celt’s Paradise. Third Duan (John Banim Poems)
THE SAINT. Ossian, enough of this dotard theme,Lit up at the meteor--blaze of a dream,Wanton and vain as ever was fann'dBy ...
John Banim Poems on Man (14 Poems)
The Celt’s Paradise. First Duan (John Banim Poems)
OSSIAN. Man of prayers, lead me forthFrom our silent cell of care,The morning--breeze to me is worthAll thy hymns and all ...
Chaunt Of The Cholera (John Banim Poems)
From my proper clime and subjects,In my hot and swarthy East,North and Westward I am comingFor a conquest and a ...
The Clare Election (John Banim Poems)
July the first, in Ennis town,There was a glorious battle,Though not a man did there go down,Nor ...
The Shamrock And The Lily (John Banim Poems)
Sir Shamrock, sitting drinking,At close of day, at close of day,Saw Orange ...
Soggarth Aroon (John Banim Poems)
Am I the slave they say, Soggarth aroon? Since you did show the way, Soggarth aroon, Their slave no more to be, While they would ...
The Irish Peasant To His Priest (John Banim Poems)
Am I the slave they say,Soggarth aroon?Since you did show the way,Soggarth aroon,Their slave ...
Here We Are, Mr. Bull, Your Orange And Green (John Banim Poems)
Here we are, Mr. Bull, your Orange and ...
The Irish Mother To Her Child (John Banim Poems)
Now welcome, welcome, baby--boy, unto a mother's fears,The pleasure of her sufferings, the rainbow of her ...
The Reconciliation (John Banim Poems)
The old man he knelt at the altar,His enemy's hand to ...
The Irish Mother In The Penal Days (John Banim Poems)
Now welcome, welcome, baby-boy, unto a mother's fears,The pleasure of her sufferings, the rainbow of her tears,The object of your ...
As We Are Men And Irishmen (John Banim Poems)
As we are men and Irishmen,Scorn ...
The Irish Priest’s Song (John Banim Poems)
Men who for the land do toil,Humble brethren of ...
More Blood! Cry The Vultures–More Blood!– (John Banim Poems)
``More blood!'' cry the vultures--``more blood!''--The old carrion--crows of our land--The men by her children who stoodWith halter and scourge ...