"Monks in convents of coracles"
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Title
"Monks in convents of coracles"
Subject
Poetry--Twentieth Century--Dennis Devlin--Lough Derg
Description
The poetry of Dennis Devlin
Creator
Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959
Source
Lough Derg', in Devlin, Dennis, Lough Derg and Other Poems, pp. 1-4, here pp. 2-3
Publisher
Cornwall Press Inc, Cornwall, NY
Date
1946
Rights
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Format
Published poem
Language
English
Type
Collection of poems
Identifier
DD_0262
Coverage
54.6083, -7.8714
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Text
“Part by this race when monks in convents of coracles
For the Merovingian centuries left their land,
Belled, fragrant; and honest in their oracles
Bespoke the grace to give without demand
Martyrs Heaven winged nor tempted with reward.
And not ours, doughed in dogma, who never have dared”
Original Format
Poems