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Collected poems

by A. E. [i.e. G. W. Russell
Russell, George William (1867-1935)

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[Oh, be not led away]
 
AWAKENING
 
BY THE MARGIN OF THE GREAT DEEP
 
THE UNKNOWN GOD
 
THE HERMIT
 
OVERSOUL
 
THE GREAT BREATH
 
DUSK
 
NIGHT
 
DAWN
 
DAY
 
ECHOES
 
STAR TEACHERS
 
WINTER
 
ANSWER
 
THE GIFT
 
THE DIVINE VISION
 
FROLIC
 
DESIRE
 
THE PLACE OF REST
 
THE DAWN OF DARKNESS
 
WAITING
 
THE SYMBOL SEDUCES
 
REST
 
PITY
 
THE CITY
 
DUST
 
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
 
DANA
 
THE EARTH BREATH
 
ALTER EGO
 
NATURAL MAGIC
 
CHILDHOOD
 
THREE COUNSELLORS
 
SYMBOLISM
 
IMMORTALITY
 
MYSTERY
 
A NEW WORLD
 
SACRIFICE
 
BROTHERHOOD
 
ON A HILL-TOP
 
THE VOICE OF THE WATERS
 
KRISHNA
 
FREEDOM
 
THE EARTH
 
TO ONE CONSECRATED
 
FORGIVENESS
 
A WOMAN'S VOICE
 
THE SPIRIT OF THE GAY
 
HEROIC LOVE
 
DIVINE VISITATION
 
PARTING
 
NIGHT
 
DAWN SONG
 
THE HOUR OF THE KING
 
THE HEROES
 
PAIN
 
SELF-DISCIPLINE
 
THE MAN TO THE ANGEL
 
A VISION OF BEAUTY
 
THE VESTURE OF THE SOUL
 
THE FREE
 
COMFORT
 
WARNING
 
DREAM LOVE
 
REFUGE
 
THE BURNING-GLASS
 
BABYLON
 
THE FACES OF MEMORY
 
THE MESSAGE
 
THE SINGING SILENCES
 
AFFINITY
 
A CALL
 
CARROWMORE
 
THE DREAM OF THE CHILDREN
 
INSPIRATION
 
A MEMORY
 
A SUMMER NIGHT
 
THE WEAVER OF SOULS
 
THE SILENCE OF LOVE
 
CREATION
 
THE WINDS OF ANGUS
 
APHRODITE
 
THE MEMORY OF EARTH
 
THE VEILS OF MAYA
 
IN THE WOMB
 
SUNG ON A BY-WAY
 
JANUS
 
THE GREY EROS
 
DUALITY
 
TRUTH
 
FANTASY
 
THE MOUNTAINEER
 
THE GOLDEN AGE
 
THE MASTER SINGER
 
INHERITANCE
 
IN AS MUCH . . .
 
THE SEER
 
A NEW BEING
 
LIGHT AND DARK
 
RECALL
 
A LEADER
 
THE LAST HERO
 
THE PAIN OF EARTH
 
UNCONSCIOUS
 
LOVE
 
OM
 
INDIAN SONG
 
THE NUTS OF KNOWLEDGE
 
CHILDREN OF LIR
 
PRAYER
 
BENEDICTION
 
THE MID-WORLD
 
REMEMBRANCE
 
THE VISION OF LOVE
 
THE CHRIST-SWORD
 
BLINDNESS
 
WHOM WE WORSHIP
 
REFLECTIONS
 
THE MORNING STAR
 
ILLUSION
 
THE DREAM
 
MISTRUST
 
ALIEN
 
THE TIDE OF SORROW
 
WEARINESS
 
THE TWILIGHT OF EARTH
 
THE GARDEN OF GOD
 
A PRAYER
 
A LAST COUNSEL
 
ORDEAL
 
A FAREWELL
 
THE VOICE OF THE SEA
 
THE HOUR OF TWILIGHT
 
OUR THRONES DECAY
 
RECOLLECTION
 
THE WELL OF ALL-HEALING
 
A NEW THEME
 
THE FOUNTAIN OF SHADOWY BEAUTY
 
THE FEAST OF AGE
 
GLORY AND SHADOW
 
THE ROBING OF THE KING
 
A CALL OF THE SIDHE
 
ON A HILLSIDE
 
A RETURN
 
THE CHILD OF DESTINY
 
MAGIC
 
BREAGHY
 
A FAREWELL
 
ON BEHALF OF SOME IRISHMEN NOT FOLLOWERS OF TRADITION
 
AN IRISH FACE
 
ON THE WATERS
 
GODS OF WAR
 
BATTLE ARDOUR
 
CONTINUITY
 
ARES
 
FOREBODING
 
CHIVALRY
 
SHADOWS AND LIGHTS
 
APOCALYPTIC
 
TRAGEDY
 
STATESMEN
 
TO THE NEW GODS
 
ICICLES
 
THE STONE AGE
 
INVISIBLE KINGS
 
IN CONNEMARA
 
TWILIGHT BY THE CABIN
 
KINSHIP
 
THE JOY OF EARTH
 
THE IRON AGE
 
AGE AND YOUTH
 
THE PARTING OF WAYS
 
HOPE IN FAILURE
 
FAITH
 
A MIDNIGHT MEDITATION
 
ENDURANCE
 
DESTINY
 
WHEN
 
TRANSFORMATIONS
 
TRAGEDY
 
THE EVERLASTING BATTLE
 
IN MEMORIAM
 
MOMENTARY
 
UNITY
 
CONTENT
 
RECONCILIATION
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VOICES OF THE STONES
 
TO PADRAIC COLUM
 
OUTCAST
 
EXILES
 
ARTISTRY
 
MUTINY
 
JEALOUSY
 
A HOLY HILL
 
TIME
 
SURVIVAL
 
RESURRECTION
 
FORLORN
 
RESCUE
 
TRANSIENCE
 
A MOUNTAIN WIND
 
PROMISE
 
ABUNDANCE
 
ANCIENT
 
NATURAL MAGIC
 
OLD WINE
 
ADVENTURE
 
NIGHT WIND
 
MAGNET
 
EARTH
 
MIRAGE
 
UNMEET
 
HEAVENWORLD
 
IF
 
MAGNIFICENCE
 
SNARES
 
THE LOST OTHERS
 
THE SOWER
 
CARRIERS
 
MOMENTARY
 
FOR REMEMBRANCE
 
A MURMUR IN THE GRASS
 
THE LONELY
 
THE ETERNAL LOVERS
 
A DREAM OF DEFEATED BEAUTY
 
MERCHANDISE OF LIGHT
 
HEREAFTER
 
WASTE
 
WATCHERS
 
A PRISONER
 
A LOST DREAM
 
MICHAEL
 
EPILOGUE

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ALIEN

Dark glowed the vales of amethyst
Beneath an opal shroud:
The moon bud opened through the mist
Its white-fire leaves of cloud.
Though rapt at gaze with eyes of light
Looked forth the seraph seers,
The vast and wandering dream of night
Rolled on above our tears.
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