Dublin Explorations and Reflections

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Maunsel & Company, Limited, 1917 - 271페이지
 

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209 페이지 - ... the starlings at Rosses under the hill — And the larks there, singing over the fields of dew, Or evening there, and the sedges still! For plain I see now the length of the yellow sand, And Lissadell far off and its leafy ways, And the holy mountain whose mighty heart Gathers into it all the colored days. My sorrow that I am not by the little dun, By the lake of the starlings at evening when all is still — And still in whispering sedges the herons stand.
208 페이지 - MY sorrow that I am not by the little dun By the lake of the starlings at Rosses under the hill, And the larks there, singing over the fields of dew. Or evening there and the sedges still. For plain I see now the length of the yellow sand, And Lissadell far off and its leafy ways, And the holy mountain whose mighty heart Gathers into it all the colored days. My sorrow that I am not by the little dun By the lake of the starlings at evening when all is Still, And still in whispering sedges the herons...
210 페이지 - Artists are fortunate in that the colour of Irish life is still radiant. One hears on all sides of greyness, emigration, degeneracy, but one has only to look about to see that the cry has no mouth.
247 페이지 - Court ; the strictest etiquette and decorum were preserved in that circle ; whilst the pit, as being full of critics and wise men, was particularly respected, except when the young gentlemen of the university occasionally forced themselves in to revenge some insult, real or imagined, to a member of their body — on which occasions all the ladies, well-dressed men, and peaceable people generally decamped forthwith, and the young gentlemen as generally proceeded to beat or turn out the residue of...
208 페이지 - It is a heart-beat deep in the quiet hills. Twilight people, why will you still be crying, Crying and calling to me out of the trees ? For under the quiet grass the wise are lying, And all the strong ones are gone over the seas.
246 페이지 - The play-houses in Dublin were then lighted with tallow candles, stuck into tin circles hanging from the middle of the stage, which were every now and then snuffed by some performer ; and two soldiers, with fixed bayonets, always stood like statues on each side of the stage, close to the boxes, to keep the audience in order. The galleries were very noisy and very droll. The ladies and gentlemen in the boxes always went dressed out nearly as for court ; the strictest etiquette and decorum were preserved...
204 페이지 - RED HANRAHAN'S SONG ABOUT IRELAND THE old brown thorn trees break in two high over Cummen Strand, Under a bitter black wind that blows from the left hand; Our courage breaks like an old tree in a black wind and dies, But we have hidden in our hearts the flame out of the eyes Of Cathleen, the daughter of Houlihan. The wind has bundled up the clouds high over Knocknarea, And thrown the thunder on the stones for all that Maeve can say. Angers that are like...
271 페이지 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
207 페이지 - If she would turn to me and smile, My book would be no more to me Than some forgotten phantasy, And God no more unto my mind Than a dead leaf upon...
82 페이지 - Moira, and was surprised to observe, though not a more grand, yet a far more elegant room, than any I ever saw in England. It was an octagon, about twenty feet square, and fifteen or sixteen high, having one window, the sides of it inlaid throughout with mother-of-pearl, reaching from the top of the room to the bottom ; the ceiling, sides, and furniture of the room were equally elegant.

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