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Born in December 8, 1881 / Died in January 11, 1972 / Ireland / English

Poems by Padraic Colum

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The Dead Player: In Memory Of Dudley Digges

... And still the knocks, the three, the solemn knocks! ...

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Aquarium Fish

... He rises now Mould-coloured like the leaf long fallen from ...

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Dermott Donn MacMorna

... With my laugh for the pious, the quiet, the wise, ...

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An Old Song Re-sung

... And we went on where the small bats flew, ...

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The Poor Girl's Meditation

... And my cheeks have the tear-tracks still ...

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The Knitters

... Like the moveless clock that I gaze on- ...

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A Cradle Song

... And the peering of things ...

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The City Clocks

... They look like moons on their darkened towers- ...

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I Shall not Die for Thee

... Well-shaped the breasts and smooth the skin, ...

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A Drover

... But you’ll think of scant croppings ...

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Verses For Alfeo Faggi's Stations Of The Cross

... " We take Our hearts being moved, the Cross up for Thy sake! ...

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David Ap Gwillam At The Mass Of The Birds

... THE Thrush, the Lark, and, chief, the Nightingale, ...

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Old Soldier

... While other men from the mill take their flour: ...

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Across The Door

... And strange in the meadows the corncrakes, ...

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At Cashel

... Where green and greener grass spreads far and near! ...