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Douglas Hyde Poems
- I Shall Not Die For Thee FOR thee, I shall not die, ...
- I Am Raferty I am Raferty the Poet Full of hope and love, ...
- My Grief On The Sea MY grief on the sea, How the waves of...
- A Poem To Be Said On Hearing T...
- My Love, Oh, She Is My Love SHE casts a spell, oh, casts a ...
- Ringleted Youth Of My Love RINGLETED youth of my love, With...
- Bruadar And Smith And Glinn Bruadar and Smith and Glinn, ...
Douglas Hyde (Dubhghlas de hÍde) known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn ("The Pleasant Little Branch"), was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He founded the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.
Biography
Hyde was born at Longford House in Castlerea in County Roscommon, while his mother, Elizabeth née Oldfield (1834–1886) was on a short visit there. His father, Arthur Hyde, whose family were originally from Castlehyde, Fermoy, County Cork, was Church of Ireland rector of Kilmactranny, County Sligo from 1852 to 1867, and it was here that Hyde spent ... more »
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I Shall Not Die For Thee
FOR thee, I shall not die,
Woman of high fame and name;
Foolish men thou mayest slay
I and they are not the same.
Why should I expire
For the fire of an eye,
Slender waist or swan-like limb,
Is't for them that I should die?
The round breasts, the fresh skin,
Cheeks crimson, hair so long and rich;
Indeed, indeed, I shall not die,
Please God, not I, for any such.
The golden hair, the forehead thin,
The chaste mien, the gracious ease,
The rounded heel, the languid tone,—
Fools...
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