Contents
Introduction by Christopher Ricks
Editor’s Foreword and Notes on the Text by R. Dardis Clarke
THE VENGEANCE OF FIONN (1917) The Vengeance of Fionn
A Cliff Song
THE FIRES OF BAÄL (1921) The Fires of Baäl
THE SWORD OF THE WEST (1921) Concobar
The Music-Healers
O Love, There Is No Beauty
THE CATTLEDRIVE IN CONNAUGHT AND OTHER POEMS (1925) Induction
Three Sentences
I Ceildhe
II Scandal
III Blessing
A Curse
Praise
If There Was Nothing Noble
Secrecy
Silver and Gold
The Itinerary of Ua Clerigh
The Pedlar
The Fair at Windgap
The Lad Made King
The Lost Heifer
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