Episode 32: Selections of Irish Poetry | Poetry Appreciation

Today’s episode is a Saint Patrick’s Day special, poems by seven Irish poets. Entries can be found in “A Book of Irish Verse”, edited by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). See below for the cast of poets and their poems:

1. Rose Kavanagh (c. 1860-1891) / Lough Bray
2. T. W. Rolleston (1857-1920) / The Spell-struck
3. A. E. [George William Russell] (1867-1935) / Sung on a By-Way
4. Aubrey de Vere (1814 -1902) / The Little Black Rose
5. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) / Old Age
6. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) / The Light of Other Days
7. William Allingham (1824-1889) / The Winding Banks of Erne