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Douglas Hyde Poems
- My Grief On The Sea MY grief on the sea, How the waves of...
- I Am Raferty I am Raferty the Poet Full of hope and love, ...
- I Shall Not Die For Thee FOR thee, I shall not die, ...
- My Love, Oh, She Is My Love SHE casts a spell, oh, casts a ...
- A Poem To Be Said On Hearing T...
- Bruadar And Smith And Glinn Bruadar and Smith and Glinn, ...
- Ringleted Youth Of My Love RINGLETED youth of my love, With...
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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My Grief On The Sea
MY grief on the sea,
How the waves of it roll!
For they heave between me
And the love of my soul!
Abandon'd, forsaken,
To grief and to care,
Will the sea ever waken
Relief from despair?
My grief and my trouble!
Would he and I were,
In the province of Leinster,
Or County of Clare!
Were I and my darling--
O heart-bitter wound!--
On board of the ship
For America bound.
On a green bed of rushes
All last night I lay,
And I flung it abroad
With the heat of the day.
And my Love came...
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