Irish Verse: An Anthology (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Blaisdell, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486419142 ISBN 13: 9780486419145

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2002

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: December 2001 Pages: 160 Publisher: Dover Works by more than 60 Irish poets. From 18th Century to Modern Times. Include Stella's Birthday by Swift; Goldsmith's stanzas on Woman; of The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls by Moore ; Yeats's To the Rose upon the Rood of Time; Strings in the Earth and Air by Joyce; plus verses by lesser-known poets.

About this title

Synopsis:

In this comprehensive new collection, readers will discover works by more than 60 Irish poets spanning three centuries of literary history. Included are a rich selection of the best-known poems of well-known writers, including "Stella's Birthday" by Jonathan Swift; Oliver Goldsmith's "Stanzas on Woman"; Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "Let the Toast Pass"; "The Harp that Once Through Tara's Halls" by Thomas Moore; William Allingham's "The Fairies"; "Requiescat," by Oscar Wilde; "To the Oaks of Glencree" by J.M. Synge; Yeats's "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time," and "The Song of Wandering Aengus"; "Strings in the Earth and Air" by James Joyce; and many others. The anthology also includes a lavish sampling of memorable works by lesser-known poets: "Little Mary Cassidy" by Francis A. Fahy, "Lament for Thomas Davies" by Samuel Ferguson, and more, including the anonymous "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye," "My Love is Like the Sun," and "The Wearin' o' the Green.

About the Author:

Bob Blaisdell is professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and the editor of twenty-two Dover literature and poetry collections.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0486419142
• ISBN 13: 9780486419145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160