Francis, from Slane,
Poet, Lover, Soldier- in that order?
Hard and lonely start but gifted to see nature,
love and hedgerows
in their ideal.
Longfellow, Keats and Shelley, and
your teacher widened the narrow roads to
receive your talent.
A hundred years on we welcome you
home to the academy of poets of our world.
Your whistle came down the years,
and we see you again.
no more away, but claiming your place
in a widened road we welcome and
we remember. Man of lasting thoughtful words.
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A beautiful tribute to the great poet Francis Ledwidge, nature is a muse for Francis Ledwidge's work he delivers with such gentle and deep love for his beloved County Meath. Your poem talks of a narrow road that widens with the help of Lord Dunsany, a tribute that is like a breeze blowing across the County Meath countryside with Francis Ledwidge highlighting the gentle beauty of nature!