The Children of Lir (Katharine Tynan Poems)
Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses;Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool;Overhead the sunset fire and flame ...
Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses;Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool;Overhead the sunset fire and flame ...
The Convent garden lies so near The road the people go,If it was quiet you might hear The nuns' talk, merry and ...
The lads were once my comrades, They stay at home content.And now's the time of cricket, They count the days well spent.They ...
With younger men he takes his stand, To the recruiting-sergeant nigh,Sees others chosen: lifts a hand In hopes to catch the unwilling ...
LEST Heaven be thronged with grey-beards hoary, God, who made boys for His delight,Stoops in a day of grief and glory And ...
Now in your days of worst distress, The empty days that stretch before,When all your sweet's turned bitterness;-- The Hand of the ...
IN times of peace, so clean and bright,And with a new-washed morning face,He walked Pall Mall, a goodly sight,The finished ...
Rest in a friend's house, Dear, I pray:The way is long to Good Friday,And very chill and grey the way.No ...
Captain Patrick Tobin, R.D.F. Suvla, August 15th, 1915Ever his eyes are fixed on a glorious sight. A boy is leading, calls ...
James Cecil Johnston. Suvla. August 9th, 1915Only an hour ago we were fearful for you,Knowing the death and the darkness ...
Betwixt the saddle and the groundWas mercy sought and mercy found.Yea, in the twinkling of an eye,He cried; and Thou ...
They lifted up his weary head, Stained with a dark and bitter dew:"How does the battle go?" he said.Sir, it is ...
Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses; Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool; Overhead the sunset fire ...
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