"Primeval magic among the trees"

"Primeval magic among the trees"

Poetry--Twentieth Century--Patrick Kavanagh--Lough Derg

The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941

Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967

Kavanagh, Patrick, Lough Derg, p. 24

Goldsmith Press, The Curragh, Ireland

1978

Citation for the purposes of criticism

Published poem

English

Poetry chapbook

DD_0253

54.6083, -7.8714

“They watched the lake waves clapping cold hands together And saw the morning breaking as it breaks Over a field where a man is watching a calving cow. New life, new day. A half-pilgrim saw it as a rabbiter Poaching in wood sees Primeval magic among the trees.”

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