VAGRANT VERSE
THE ORETI ANTHOLOGY.
613.—1. M.
(“A.E.” 1867—1935.)
(Written for the Southland Times.) Singer of Ireland whose brave songs
are many, Singer of plain-land, hill, and peaty
marsh; But also of the heart, the deep heart of your country, Deep-bitten to the sweet as to the harsh.
No tortured Yeats, no Stettens, dry and precious, No Austin Clarke or any new gosoon, Still a true voice heard clear in any
nation, No twilight poems but those of highest noon.
A patriot who ever was a dreamer, And yet your dreams were stronger than the gun, Your song your aim, your green storm-ridden island, And you her splendid, not ungifted son.
—SOUTHERNER. Invercargill, July 22, 1935.
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Southland Times, Issue 25342, 22 July 1935, Page 6
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116VAGRANT VERSE Southland Times, Issue 25342, 22 July 1935, Page 6
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