Irish Poems [Hardcover]

Irish Poemsis a treasury of poetry from the Emerald Isle, stretching back fourteen centuries.

From the romantic ballad to the rebel song, from devotional Christian verse to revivals of ancient Celtic myth, poetry has long been Ireland’s most eloquent response to its turbulent and colorful history.Irish Poemsgives us a dazzling selection from a long and distinguished poetic tradition, ranging from the earliest Gaelic bards up to the present. Organized around such themes as politics, religion, Gaelic culture, the Irish landscape, and matters of the heart, the poems collected here come from a wide range of writers old and new, including such literary giants as Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Samuel Beckett, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Paul Muldoon, Evan Boland, Seamus Heaney, and many more.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS

St Columbanus   A Boat Song
Anon.   Monastic Poem
Anon.   Hermit’s Song
Anon.   Saint Patrick’s Breastplate
Austin Clarke   Penal Law
Denis Devlin   Ank’hor Vat
W. R. Rodgers   Lent
Tom Paulin   Desertmartin
Peter Fallon   The Herd
John Hewitt   fromFreehold: from The Lonely Heart
 

GAELIC MATTERS

Fear Flatha Ó Gnimh   fromThe Passing of the Poets
Mathghamlain Ó Hifearnáin   My Son, Forsake Your Art                     
Dàibhí Ó Bruadair   For the Family of Cúchonnacht Ó Dálaigh 
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