Patrick Kavanagh Quote

That was how his life happened.
No mad hooves galloping in the sky,
But the weak, washy way of true tragedy—
A sick horse nosing around the meadow for a clean place to die.


'The Great Hunger' (1947)


That was how his life happened. No mad hooves galloping in the sky, But the weak, washy way of true tragedy— A sick horse nosing around the meadow...

That was how his life happened. No mad hooves galloping in the sky, But the weak, washy way of true tragedy— A sick horse nosing around the meadow...

That was how his life happened. No mad hooves galloping in the sky, But the weak, washy way of true tragedy— A sick horse nosing around the meadow...

That was how his life happened. No mad hooves galloping in the sky, But the weak, washy way of true tragedy— A sick horse nosing around the meadow...