"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

Collection

Citation

Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959, “"Monks in convents of coracles",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/281.

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