Padraic Colum Quotes

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A little house—a house of my own—
Out of the wind's and the rain's way.

Padraic Colum

O farmer, strong farmer!
You can spend at the fair,
But your face you must turn
To your crops and your care

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To Meath of the pastures,
From wet hills by the sea,
Through Leitrim and Longford,
Go my cattle and me.

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With sapphire for her crown, And with the Libyan wine For lustre of her eyes; With azure for her feet (It is her henna stain); Then iris for her vest, Rose, ebony, and flame, She lives a thing enthralled, In forests that are old, As old as is the Moon.

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My young love said to me,'My brothers won't mind, And my parents won't slight you for your lack of kind.' Then she stepped away from me, and this she did say, 'It will not be long, love, till our wedding day.

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An age being mathematical, these flowers Of linear stalks and spheroid blooms were prized.

Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum

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Born: December 8, 1881

Died: January 11, 1972 (aged 90)

Bio: Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival.

Known for:

Nordic Gods and Heroes (1920)
The King of Ireland's Son (1916)
The children's Homer (1918)
Anthology of Irish verse (1922)

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