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Born in October 21, 1904 / Died in November 30, 1967 / Ireland / English

Poems by Patrick Kavanagh

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Sonnet XVI: To the Lord General Cromwell

...   To peace and truth thy glorious way hast plough'd, ...

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Paradise Regain'd: Book I (1671)

...  Sir, what ill chance hath brought thee to this place ...

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Paradise Regain'd: Book IV (1671)

... other harm Those terrors which thou speak'st of, did me none ...

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To the Lord General Cromwell

...  Hast reared God’s trophies, and His work pursued, ...

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On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester

...  Their hydra heads, and the false north displays ...

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Paradise Lost: Book I (1674)

... they anon With hunderds and with thousands trooping came ...

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When I Consider How My Light Is Spent

...  Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent ...

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To Mr. H. Lawes, On His Airs

...  That with smooth air couldst humor best our tongue ...

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To Mr. Lawrence

...   Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, ...

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Paradise Regain'd: Book II (1671)

... Though ravenous, taught to abstain from what they brought: ...

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Sonnet XII: I did but Prompt the Age to Quit their Clogs

...   But from that mark how far they rove we see, ...

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Paradise Lost: Book X

... but Eve, Not so repuls'd, with tears that ceas'd not flowing, ...

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Paradise Lost: Book VII (1674)

... or gemm'd Thir blossoms: with high woods the hills were crownd, ...

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Paradise Lost: Book I

... they anon With hundreds and with thousands trooping came ...

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On An Apple-Ripe September Morning

... And  I thought of the wasps' nest in the bank ...