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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILLIAM O KELLY, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: Not since the gael was sold Last Line: The topmost blackberry! Subject(s): Ireland; Loss; Irish | |||
Not since the Gael was sold At Aughrim! Not since to cold, Dull death went Owen Roe! Not since the drowning of Clann Adam in the days of Noe Brought men to hush! Has such a tale of woe Come to us In such a rush! The True Flower of the Blood of the Place Has fallen! The True Clean-Wheat of the Gael Is reaped! Destruction be upon Death! For he has come, And taken from our tree The topmost Blackberry! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SIGHTSEERS by PAUL MULDOON THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN AN IRISH HEADLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GIANT'S RING: BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST by ROBINSON JEFFERS IRELAND; WRITTEN FOR THE ART AUTOGRAPH DURING IRISH FAMINE by SIDNEY LANIER THE EYES ARE ALWAYS BROWN by GERALD STERN |
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