The Kiltartan poetry book [by Lady Gregory] (1919)

The Kiltartan Poetry Book by Lady Gregory contains prose translations from the Irish into English. In translating these poems Lady Gregory stated in the introduction to the volume "I have chosen to do so in the speech of the thatched houses where I have heard and gathered them".

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Kensington rhymes [by Compton Mackenzie] (1912)

Compton Mackenzie was a prolific writer of fiction, biography, histories and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the Scottish National Party along with Hugh MacDiarmid, RB Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He only produced one book of poetry, which was aimed at children and was delightfully illustrated by J.R Monsell.





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A story of Carn Brea, essays, and poems [by John Harris] (1863)

John Harris at age twelve, was sent to work at Dolcoath mine where he combined a life of painful labour with the production of poetry celebrating his native landscape around Carn Brea and the scenic splendours of Land's End and the Lizard. He could not afford pen and paper, so he improvised and used blackberry juice for ink and grocery bags for paper. During this period he produced his most important work, the loco-descriptive poem A Story of Carn Brea (1863).

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The Soul's Destroyer [by W.H Davies]

W.H Davies self-published his first book of poetry, The Soul's Destroyer, in 1905, by means of his own savings. It proved to be the beginning of success and a growing reputation. In order to even get the slim volume published, Davies had to forgo his allowance and live the life of a tramp for six months (with the first draft of the book hidden in his pocket). This is a fine 1910 reprint of The Soul's Destroyer.

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The soul's destroyer and other poems [by William H. Davies] (1910)

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Lays Of The Scottish Cavaliers And Other Poems [by William Edmondstoune Aytoun] [1865]

William Edmondstoune Aytoun's reputation as a poet is based mainly on his volume Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers [1848]. Here is the best quality copy  I could find of this work, it's an 1865 edition.

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The Luggie [And Other Poems] [by David Gray] [1862]

David Gray [1838-1861]was a Scottish poet, who was born on 29 January 1838 at Duntiblae-on-Banks of Luggie, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire. He lived a very brief life and died after contracting Consumption at the tender age of twenty three. The Luggie, the principal poem of Gray, is a kind of reverie in which the scenes and events of his childhood and his early aspirations are mingled with the music of the stream which he celebrates.

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The Irish Poems Of Alfred Perceval Graves [Songs Of The Gael. A Gaelic Story Telling] [by Alfred Perceval Graves] [1908]

 The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves were published in two volumes with a preface by Douglas Hyde in 1908. They continued the consistently Irish tone of his work. Here is a very nice copy of one of the volumes The Irish Poems Of Alfred Perceval Graves [Songs Of The Gael. A Gaelic Story Telling] [1908]

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The Irish Poems Of Alfred Perceval Graves [Songs Of The Gael. A Gaelic Story Telling] [by Alfred Perceval Graves] [190

Crossways [by W. B. Yeats]

Crossways [1889] was the first collection of poetry by Irish-born poet William Butler Yeats. Many decades before his mysterious and austere Modernist verse earned him a nobel prize, Yeats achieved renown as one of the last major poets in the High Romantic tradition. These poems showcase his Celtic imagination, his love for Irish folk-tales, and his commitment to the Romantic ideal of love.

01 - The Song of the Happy Shepherd
02 - The Sad Shepherd
03 - The Cloak, The Boat and The Shoes
04 - Anashuya and Vijaya
05 - The Indian Upon God
06 - The Indian To His Love
07 - The Falling of the Leaves
08 - Ephemera
09 - The Madness of King Goll
10 - The Stolen Child
11 - To an Isle in the Water
12 - Down by the Salley Gardens
13 - The Meditation of the Old Fisherman
14 - The Ballad of John O'Hart
15 - The Ballad of Moll Magee
16 - The Ballad of the Foxhunter

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The Circle And The Sword [by Joseph Mary Plunkett] [1919]

Joseph Mary Plunkett [21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916] was an Irish nationalist, poet, journalist, and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Plunkett was one of the original members of the IRB Military Committee that was responsible for planning the Easter Rising, and it was largely his plan that was followed. Shortly before the rising was to begin, Plunkett was hospitalised following a turn for the worse in his health. He had an operation on his neck glands days before Easter and had to struggle out of bed to take part in what was to follow. Still bandaged, he took his place in the General Post Office with several other of the rising's leaders such as Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke, though his health prevented him from being terribly active. His energetic aide de camp was Michael Collins.

Following the surrender Plunkett was held in Kilmainham Gaol, and faced a court martial. Seven hours before his execution by firing squad at the age of 28, he was married in the prison chapel to his sweetheart Grace Gifford,

The Circle And The Sword a books of Plunketts poems was published in 1919 three years after his execution.

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Songs Of The Fields [by Francis Ledwidge] [1916]

Francis Edward Ledwidge [19 August 1887 – 31 July 1917] was an Irish war poet from County Meath. Sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I.

Oh what a pleasant world 'twould be,

How easy we'd step thro' it,

If all the fools who meant no harm,

Could manage not to do it!

Quote By Francis Ledwidge

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