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A Book of Irish Verse by WB Yeats, Ed.

CONTENTS

Preface

Modern Irish Poetry

Old Age

Oliver Goldsmith (1725-1774)

The Village Preacher

Oliver Goldsmith (1725-1774)

The Deserter's Meditation

John Philpot Curran (1750—1817)

'Thou canst not boast'

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

Kathleen O'More

James Nugent Reynolds ( -1802)

The Groves of Blarney

Richard Alfred Milliken (1767-1815)

The Light of other Days

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

'At the Mid Hour of Night'

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

The Burial of Sir John Moore

Rev. Charles Wolfe (1791-1823)

The Convict of Clonmel

Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839)

The Outlaw of Loch Lene

Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839)

Dirge of O'Sullivan Bear

Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839)

Love Song

George Darley (1795-1846)

The Whistlin' Thief

Samuel Lover (1797-1868)

Soggarth Aroon

John Banim (1798-1842)

Dark Rosaleen