James Stephens
Dublin
Poems
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The Ancient Elf
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I am the maker,
The builder, the breaker,
The eagle-winged helper,
The speedy forsaker!
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The builder, the breaker,
The eagle-winged helper,
The speedy forsaker!
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The Snare
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I hear a sudden cry of pain!
There is a rabbit in a snare:
Now I hear the cry again,
But I cannot tell from where.
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There is a rabbit in a snare:
Now I hear the cry again,
But I cannot tell from where.
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Check
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The night was creeping on the ground;
She crept and did not make a sound
Until she reached the tree, and then
She covered it, and sole again
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She crept and did not make a sound
Until she reached the tree, and then
She covered it, and sole again
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I Heard A Bird At Dawn
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I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
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Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
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Hate
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My enemy came nigh,
And I
Stared fiercely in his face.
My lips went writhing back in a grimace,
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And I
Stared fiercely in his face.
My lips went writhing back in a grimace,
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In The Poppy Field
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Mad Patsy said, he said to me,
That every morning he could see
An angel walking on the sky;
Across the sunny skies of morn
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That every morning he could see
An angel walking on the sky;
Across the sunny skies of morn
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The Lonely God
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So Eden was deserted, and at eve
Into the quiet place God came to grieve.
His face was sad, His hands hung slackly down
Along his robe; too sorrowful to frown
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Into the quiet place God came to grieve.
His face was sad, His hands hung slackly down
Along his robe; too sorrowful to frown
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The Spring In Ireland: 1916
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Do not forget my charge I beg of you ;
That of what flow'rs you find of fairest hue
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Do not forget my charge I beg of you ;
That of what flow'rs you find of fairest hue
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The Wind
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The wind stood up and gave a shout.
He whistled on his fingers and
Kicked the withered leaves about
And thumped the branches with his hand
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He whistled on his fingers and
Kicked the withered leaves about
And thumped the branches with his hand
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The Daisies
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In the scented bud of the morning—O,
When the windy grass went rippling far,
I saw my dear one walking slow,
In the field where the daisies are.
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When the windy grass went rippling far,
I saw my dear one walking slow,
In the field where the daisies are.
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