Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Introduction: ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970
- A Note on the Texts
- Elizabeth Varian (1821–1851–1896)
- Emily Hickey (1845–1881–1924)
- Katharine Tynan (1858–1885–1931)
- Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1893–1918)
- Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1898–1926)
- Emily Lawless (1845–1902–1913)
- Susan L. Mitchell (1866–1906–1926)
- Alice Milligan (1866–1908–1953)
- The Dark Palace
- There were Trees in Tír Chonaill
- The Charioteer
- On the Cliff
- From Lord Edward's Wife
- At Midnight Hour
- The Lament of Thomás Láidir
- From A Country Girl
- Up the Falls
- Winifred M. Letts (1881–1913–1972)
- Eileen Shanahan (1901–[1921]–1979)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1929–1967)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1933–1959)
- Sheila Wingfield (1906–1938–1992)
- Freda Laughton (1907–1945–?)
- Rhoda Coghill 1903–1948–2000
- Appendix 1: Irish Women Poets 1870–1970
- Appendix 2: Chronology
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Titles and First Lines
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On the Cliff
from Alice Milligan (1866–1908–1953)
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Introduction: ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970
- A Note on the Texts
- Elizabeth Varian (1821–1851–1896)
- Emily Hickey (1845–1881–1924)
- Katharine Tynan (1858–1885–1931)
- Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1893–1918)
- Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1898–1926)
- Emily Lawless (1845–1902–1913)
- Susan L. Mitchell (1866–1906–1926)
- Alice Milligan (1866–1908–1953)
- The Dark Palace
- There were Trees in Tír Chonaill
- The Charioteer
- On the Cliff
- From Lord Edward's Wife
- At Midnight Hour
- The Lament of Thomás Láidir
- From A Country Girl
- Up the Falls
- Winifred M. Letts (1881–1913–1972)
- Eileen Shanahan (1901–[1921]–1979)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1929–1967)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1933–1959)
- Sheila Wingfield (1906–1938–1992)
- Freda Laughton (1907–1945–?)
- Rhoda Coghill 1903–1948–2000
- Appendix 1: Irish Women Poets 1870–1970
- Appendix 2: Chronology
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Titles and First Lines
Summary
The sea within the caves is roaring loud
Far, far, below the jagged ridges, where
The wind waves of the ocean of blue air
Are broken into falling foam of cloud,
That drifts and tosses on the summit proud,
And rolls o'er slopes of heath or moorland bare,
By this soft sky of summer overbowed.
The tumult of the ocean mounts not there,
Save when the rustling fern a little space
Is silent, comes the moaning of the sea,
Heard faint and far from this exalted place,
No louder than the murmur of a bee;
But evermore, along the mountain face
The shadows and the clouds go silently.
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