Alfred Perceval Graves Quotes

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Once the Bishop looked grave at your jest,
Till this remark set him off wid the rest:
"Is it lave gaiety
All to the laity?
Cannot the clargy be Irishmen too?"

Alfred Perceval Graves

The little red lark, like a rosy spark
Of song, to his sun-burst flies;
But till you are risen, earth is a prison,
Full of my captive sighs.

Alfred Perceval Graves

Trottin' to the fair,
Me and Moll Maloney,
Seated, I declare
On a single pony.

Alfred Perceval Graves

Alfred Perceval Graves

Alfred Perceval Graves

Born: July 22, 1846

Died: December 27, 1931 (aged 85)

Bio: Alfred Perceval Graves was an Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter and folklorist.

Known for:

The Irish fairy book
A Celtic psaltery
Songs Of Killarney (1873)
To return to all that (1930)

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