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The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves

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Graves, Alfred Perceval (1846-1931)

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SONGS OF THE GAEL
  
THE MELODY OF THE HARP
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SONGS OF SUMMER AND WINTER
  
THE FIRST WINTER SONG
  
THE FIRST SUMMER SONG
  
THE SECOND WINTER SONG
  
THE SECOND SUMMER SONG
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SONGS OF THE SIDHE
  
THE KING'S CAVE
  
MORE OF CLOYNE
  
THE SONG OF THE FAIRY KING
  
THE SONG OF NIAMH OF THE GOLDEN TRESSES
  
THE MAGIC MIST
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SONGS OF HEROES
  
CUCHULLIN AND EMER
  
EMER'S FAREWELL TO CUCHULLIN
  
CUCHULLIN'S LAMENT OVER FERDIAH
  
AWAKE, AWAKE, FIANNA!
  
THE ROYAL HUNT
  
ANCIENT LULLABY
  
OISEEN'S LAMENT FOR OSCUR
  
PATRICK AND OISEEN.
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SONGS OF GAEL AND GALL
  
THE ALARM
  
BATTLE HYMN
  
THE RETURN FROM FINGAL
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SONGS OF CHIEFTAINS
  
THE MARCH OF THE MAGUIRE
  
CHIEFTAIN OF TYRCONNELL
  
THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS
  
LOVED BRIDE OF O'BYRNE
  
LAMENT FOR OWEN ROE O'NEILL
  
HEROINES OF LIMERICK
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ROSEEN DHU
 I. 
I. THE SHADOW OF A DREAM
 II. 
II. MY ROSE OF HOPE.
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III. HER ANSWER
 IV. 
IV. THE CLARION'S CALL
 V. 
V. SHE STOOD AT MY SIDE
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THE WILD GEESE
  
AH, WHY, PATRICK SARSFIELD
  
SHULE AGRA!
  
THE SAILOR GIRL
  
SHE IS MY LOVE
  
THE COLLEEN DONN
  
THE MINSTREL LOVER
  
I SHALL NOT DIE FOR LOVE OF THEE
  
A LAMENT
  
LOVELY ANNE
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SONGS OF THE GAEL
  
KITTY BAWN
  
BESIDE THE RIVER LOUNE
  
LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF MY OWN TRUE LOVE
  
O, BRANCH OF FRAGRANT BLOSSOM
  
ALONE, ALL ALONE
  
SINCE WE'RE APART
  
O LOVE, 'TIS A CALM, STARRY NIGHT
  
OVER HERE
  
REMEMBER THE POOR
  
A LULLABY
  
LIKE A STONE IN THE STREET
  
THE SONGS ERIN SINGS
  
THE ROVING PEDLAR
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A GAELIC STORY-TELLING
  
A SHENACHUS
  
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
  
THE GIRL WITH THE COWS
  
THE FAIRY BRANCH
  
THE FAIRY PIG
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COUNTRYSIDE SONGS
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COUNTRYSIDE CHARACTERS
  
FATHER O'FLYNN
  
O'FARRELL, THE FIDDLER
  
BAT OF THE BRIDGE
  
RODDY MOR, THE ROVER
  
OULD DOCTOR MACK
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COUNTRYSIDE COLLEENS
  
THE ROSE OF KENMARE
  
FAN FITZGERL
  
EVA TUOHILL
  
NANCY, THE PRIDE OF THE WEST
  
MOLLEEN OGE
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COUNTRYSIDE COURTSHIPS
  
LONESOME LOVERS
  
THE POTATO BLOSSOM
  
BLACKBERRYING
  
LOVE'S HALLOWED SEAL
  
THE MILKING CAN
  
CHANGING HER MIND
  
JENNY, I'M NOT JESTING
  
FIXIN' THE DAY
  
BARNEY BRALLAGHAN
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COUNTRYSIDE COUPLES
  
THE REAPER'S REVENGE
  
THE LIGHT IN THE SNOW
  
THE BLUE, BLUE SMOKE
  
TROTTIN' TO THE FAIR
  
JOULTIN' TO THE FAIR
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COUNTRYSIDE HUMOURS
  
THE CONFESSION
  
THE DISCOVERY OF WHISKEY
  
ONE AT A TIME
  
THE KILKENNY CATS
  
THE JUG OF PUNCH
  
COLONEL CARTY
  
THE ASS AND THE PETTICOAT
  
ONE SUNDAY AFTER MASS
  
THE INVENTION OF WINE
  
THE HEROES OF THE SEA
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SONGS AND BALLADS
  
LOVE'S WISHES
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SONGS OF MANY WATERS
  
CREDHE'S LAMENT FOR CAIL
  
BALTIMORE BOAT SONG
  
THE WRECK OF THE AIDEEN
  
THE HERRING FLEET
  
'TWAS PRETTY TO BE IN BALLINDERRY
  
MY MOUNTAIN LAKE
  
FAR AWAY FROM HER SCORNING
  
JOHNNY COX
  
THE DAUGHTER OF THE ROCK
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LOVE SONGS
  
A SONG OF KILLARNEY
  
IF I WERE KING OF IRELAND
  
WHEN SHE ANSWERED ME HER VOICE WAS LOW
  
THE HOUR WE PARTED
  
WITH FLUTTERING JOY
  
THE FOGGY DEW
  
I'D ROAM THE WORLD OVER WITH YOU
  
MY LOVE'S AN ARBUTUS
  
STILL SIDE BY SIDE
  
ROSE AND RUE
  
THE FALLING STAR
  
I ONCE LOVED A BOY
  
THE WHITE BLOSSOM'S OFF THE BOG
  
I MAYN'T OR I MAY
  
COME, SIT DOWN BESIDE ME
  
OH, MY GRIEF! OH, MY GRIEF!
  
MAUREEN, MAUREEN
  
IN REASON'S DESPITE
  
LOVE AT MY HEART
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LOVE BALLADS
  
THE ROSE-TREE IN FULL BEARING
  
THE SAILOR'S BRIDE
  
THE BLACKBIRD AND THE THRUSH
  
FOR I HAD A SPIRIT ABOVE MY DEGREE
  
MY GARDEN AT THE BACK
  
MY HEART'S IN INNISHOWEN
  
THE SONG OF THE GHOST
  
THE KERRY COW
  
HEY HO, THE MORNING DEW
  
THE BLACKBIRD AND THE WREN
  
THE STRATAGEM
  
THE LITTLE RED LARK
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LULLABIES
  
HUSH O!
  
THE HOOD HAMMOCK
  
UNDER THE ARBUTUS
  
THE CRADLE OF GOLD
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SONGS OF SPORT
  
THE FOX HUNT
  
THE IRISH REEL
  
THE KILLARNEY HUNT
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SONGS OF OCCUPATION
  
HERRING IS KING
  
THE RIDDLE
  
JACK, THE JOLLY PLOUGHBOY
  
SPINNING-WHEEL SONG
  
THE SONG OF THE PRATEE
  
THE PLOUGHMAN'S WHISTLE
  
THE MILL SONG
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THE OLD COUNTRY
  
SWEET ISLE
  
THE CUCKOO MADRIGAL
  
O BLESSED HOUR
  
THE LIMERICK LASSES
  
THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SLIGO
  
MY BLACKBIRD AND I
  
THE EXILES

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WITH FLUTTERING JOY

How happy for the little birds
From tree to tree, away and hither,
To pour their pretty, warbling words,
And fly with fluttering joy together!
But let the sun rejoice the skies,
Or sullen clouds his glory smother,
With heavy hearts we still must rise,
Far, far away from one another.
Now leave those foolish, feathered things,
O Fortune, Fortune, fond and cruel!
And fit two pair of trusty wings
Upon myself and Maurya jewel,
That she and I from earth may start,
And skim the sky on angel feather,
Till from mid-heaven, heart to heart,
With fluttering joy we fall together.
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