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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REQUIEM, by SHANE LESLIE Poet's Biography First Line: In sweet irish clay may I lie Last Line: To those it had sought. | |||
IN sweet Irish clay may I lie Heart clasped to my race, O brothers and sisters of mine, Give me of your space! For mine was the life that you lived, The fight that you fought, And bright in the gloom of mine own Were deeds you had wrought. So let the dear dust of your dead Drift over my face, And this be the dirge that you sing And song that you trace. A pebble is thrown to the beach From whence it was brought, A leaf has dropped weary for rest To those it had sought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REBEL MOTHER'S LULLABY by SHANE LESLIE IRELAND TO-DAY by SHANE LESLIE THE EXILES SPEAK TO IRELAND by SHANE LESLIE THE PATER OF THE CANNON by SHANE LESLIE THE INCOGNITA OF RAPHAEL by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18. THE CHARM by THOMAS CAMPION SONG: 4 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS ECHOES: 6 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY THE QUANGLE WANGLE'S HAT by EDWARD LEAR A QUOI BON DIRE by CHARLOTTE MEW |
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