Isabella Valancy Crawford image
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Born in December 25, 1850 / Died in February 12, 1887 / Ireland / English

Poems by Isabella Valancy Crawford

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Canada To England

... My infants' tongues lisp word for word with thine ...

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The Camp Of Souls

... "   When the bright day laughs, or the wan night grieves, ...

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Said The Wind

...   I'll kiss them, kiss them, kiss them, till they be ...

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Mary's Tryst

...   Long-stretch'd in coffin and in shroud,-- ...

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The Rose

...   Circle old graves, its keen and vital breath ...

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The Canoe

...  With needles of pine sweet, soft, and rusty— ...

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"My Ain Bonnie Lass O' The Glen."

...   An' the blink o' the bonnie new mune! ...

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Said The Thistle-Down

... It holds thee strong--sweet, with the rest ...

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The Dark Stag

...  His breast, fanged by the shrill winds, bleeds, ...

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The Lily Bed

...  Their cool lips round the sharp prow sand, ...

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Said The West Wind

...   Deep, dusk, fern-closed, and starred with nodding blooms, ...

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Curtius

... and high A hawk sailed blackly in the clear blue sky ...

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Songs For The Soldiers

... And the dear lines that map the nation out upon the world ...

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The White Bull

... Sweat and blood from us all, weak, strong, young and old, ...

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The Shell

... One night while Grannie slept, I dreamed he came across the moor, ...