Patrick Kavanagh (1904 - 1967 / County Monaghan)

poet Patrick Kavanagh
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A Star

Beauty was that
Far vanished flame,
Call it a star
Wanting better name.

And gaze and gaze
Vaguely until
Nothing is left
Save a grey ghost-hill.

Here wait I
On the world's rim
Stretching out hands
To Seraphim.

Patrick Kavanagh
Submitted: Monday, April 05, 2010

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