"All legendary obstacles lay between
Us, the long imaginary plain,
The monstrous ruck of mountains"
John Montague (b. 1929), U.S.-Irish poet. All Legendary Obstacles (l. 1-3). . .
Contemporary Irish Poetry; an Anthology. Anthony Bradley, ed. (New and rev. ed., 1988) University of California Press. |
"You had been travelling for days
With an old lady, who marked
A neat circle on the glass
With her glove, to watch us
Move into the wet darkness
Kissing, still unable to speak."
John Montague (b. 1929), U.S.-Irish poet. All Legendary Obstacles (l. 19-24). . .
Contemporary Irish Poetry; an Anthology. Anthony Bradley, ed. (New and rev. ed., 1988) University of California Press. |
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