J. M. Synge Poems
- 1. The Passing Of The Shee
After looking at one of A.E.'s pictures
Adieu, sweet Angus, Maeve and Fand,
Ye plumed yet skinny Shee,
... - 2. The Curse
Lord, confound this surly sister,
Blight her brow with blotch and blister,
Cramp her larynx, lung, and liver,
In her guts a galling give her.
... - 3. Queens
Seven dog-days we let pass
Naming Queens in Glenmacnass,
All the rare and royal names
Wormy sheepskin yet retains,
... - 4. 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.
... - 5. 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:
... - 6. In Kerry
We heard the thrushes by the shore and sea,
And saw the golden star's nativity,
Then round we went the lane by Thomas Flynn,
Across the church where bones lie out and in;
... - 7. Dread
Beside a chapel I'd a room looked down,
Where all the women from the farms and town,
On Holy-days, and Sundays used to pass
To marriages, and Christenings and to Mass.
... - 8. 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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