1899-1953
199 WoodcutA HORSEMAN riding
the wide plains of Eltrim
sees three leagues before him
a great demesne-wall
and windows of a house
the woods have laid siege to.I watch him from a distance
give the head to his hunter
and take at a gallop
a gap in the stonework
till red coat and chestnut
are lost in the coppice.Three things October
has shown me this evening,
the first shorn ash-tree
the last swallow gone
and a rider and horse
the woods have laid siege to.
1901-
200 The Three Children near ClonmelI MET three children on the road--
The hawthorn trees were wet with rain
The hills had drawn their white blinds down--
Three children on the road from town.
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Publication information:
Book title: The Oxford Book of Irish Verse: XVIIth Century-XXth Century.
Contributors: Donagh MacDonagh - Author, Lennox Robinson - Author.
Publisher: Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1958.
Page number: 245.
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