II. The Sin-Eater; The Washer of the Ford, Etc.
III. The Dominion of Dreams; Under the Dark Star.
IV. The Divine Adventure; Iona; Studies in Spiritual History.
V. The Winged Destiny; Studies in the Spiritual History of the Gael.
VI. The Silence of Amor; Where the Forest Murmurs.
IV. Literary, Geography, and Travel Sketches.
V. Vistas: The Gipsy Christ and other Prose Imaginings.
SECOND EDITION (_Revised and Enlarged_) 1924
AN ANTHOLOGY OF REPRESENTATIVE CELTIC POETRY
_WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_ By WILLIAM SHARP
ANCIENT IRISH, ALBAN, GAELIC, BRETON, CYMRIC, AND MODERN SCOTTISH AND IRISH CELTIC POETRY
EDINBURGH: JOHN GRANT 31 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE 1924
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY OLIVER AND BOYD EDINBURGH
“ ... _a troubled Eden, rich In throb of heart_ ...”
Deirdrê’s Lament for the Sons of Usnach 8
Domhnull Mac Fhionnlaidh: “The Aged Bard’s Wish” 23
The Gorwynion 68 The Tercets of Llywawrc’h 72
Sacrifice 87 The Great Breath 88 Mystery 89 By the Margin of the Great Deep 90 The Breath of Light 91
Cean Dubh Deelish 109 Molly Asthore 110 The Fair Hills of Ireland 112
Herring is King 113 The Rose of Kenmare 115 The Song of the Pratee 118 Irish Lullaby 120
The Dark Man 123 April in Ireland 124 The Wind among the Reeds 125
My Grief on the Sea 126 The Cooleen 127 The Breedyeen 128 Nelly of the Top-Knots 130 I shall not Die for Thee 132
The Fair Hills of Eiré, O! 137 Dark Rosaleen 139 The One Mystery 142
Lament for a Little Child 146 The Swimmer 148 The Dance 151 From “The Water-Nymph and the Boy” 152 A Casual Song 154 The Pity of it 155 The Old 157
An Irish Love Song 170 The Sunburst 171 Song 173
Winter Sunset 174 Shamrock Song 176 Wild Geese 178
They went forth to the Battle, but they always fell 181 The White Birds 183 The Lake of Innisfree 184
Flower of the World 224 The Strange Country 225 The Dream of the World without Death 228 The Faëry Foster-Mother 235
When we Two Parted 238 Stanzas for Music 239
The Prayer of Women 255 The Rune of Age 257 A Milking Song 259 Lullaby 261 The Songs of Ethlenn Stuart 262 The Closing Doors 264 The Sorrow of Delight 265
Midnight by the Sea 272 In Shadowland 273
Dirge in Woods 283 Outer and Inner 284 Night of Frost in May 286 Hymn to Colour 289
When the World is Burning 293 The Hand 294