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Pocket Irish Poetry

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ISBN: 9780717166978
AuthorPotter, Tony (Teapot Press)
Pub Date06/02/2015
BindingHardback
Pages256
CountryIRL
Dewey821.008094
Publisher: Gill
Quick overview This beautifully illustrated collection contains the greatest poems from the greatest Irish poets.
€6.99

In the words of Seamus Heaney, great poetry can 'Catch the heart off guard and blow it open'. This beautifully illustrated collection contains the greatest poems from the greatest Irish poets, including Jonathan Swift, Thomas Moore, Oscar Wilde, WB Yeats, James Joyce, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney. Discover classic works such as My Dark Rosaleen and The Ballad of Reading Gaol alongside more modern pieces such as Postscript, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, Epic and The Planter's Daughter. Dive in and let your heart 'Dance like a wave of the sea'.

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In the words of Seamus Heaney, great poetry can 'Catch the heart off guard and blow it open'. This beautifully illustrated collection contains the greatest poems from the greatest Irish poets, including Jonathan Swift, Thomas Moore, Oscar Wilde, WB Yeats, James Joyce, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney. Discover classic works such as My Dark Rosaleen and The Ballad of Reading Gaol alongside more modern pieces such as Postscript, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, Epic and The Planter's Daughter. Dive in and let your heart 'Dance like a wave of the sea'.

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