"Water withers from the oars"

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Title

"Water withers from the oars"

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 p. 2

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_0261

Coverage

54.608689,-7.870387

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Text

“Water withers from the oars. The pilgrims blacken
Out of the boats to masticate their sin
Where Dante smelled among the stones and bracken
The door to Hell (O harder Hell where pain
Is earthed, a casuist sanctuary of guilt!).
Spirit bureaucracy on a bet build”

Original Format

Poems

Citation

Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959, “"Water withers from the oars",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/280.

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