J. M. Synge Night Poems
- 1. Prelude
Still south I went and west and south again,
Through Wicklow from the morning till the night,
And far from cities, and the sights of men,
Lived with the sunshine, and the moon's delight.
... - 2. On An Anniversary
After reading the dates in a book of Lyrics.
With Fifteen-ninety or Sixteen-sixteen
We end Cervantes, Marot, Nashe or Green:
... - 3. Danny
One night a score of Erris men,
A score I'm told and nine,
Said, “We'll get shut of Danny's noise
Of girls and widows dyin'.
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