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Poems of James Clarence Mangan

(Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel

Mangan, James Clarence (1803-1849)

PART I VERSIONS (MORE OR LESS FREE) FROM THE IRISH

II.

PART II ORIGINAL POEMS RELATING TO IRELAND

III.

PART III ORIGINAL POEMS-PERSONAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

IV.

PART IV ORIENTAL VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS

PART V. OVERSETTINGS FROM THE GERMAN.

VI.

PART VI MISCELLANEOUS VERSIONS

VII.

PART VII EXTRAVAGANZAS

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SAYING OF NEDSCHATI.

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(From the Ottoman.) ob. 1508.

The world is one vast caravanserai,
Where none may stay,
But where each guest writes on the wall this word,
O Mighty Lord!