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"I inclined To lose my faith in Ballyrush and Gortin Till Homers ghost came whispering to my mind. He said: I made the Iliad from such A local row. Gods make their own importance."
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Patrick KavanaghI do not know what age I am, — Patrick Kavanagh
"I do not know what age I am, I am no mortal age; I know nothing of women, Nothing of cities, I cannot die Unless I walk outside these whitethorn hedges."
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Patrick Kavanagh was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel Tarry Flynn, and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life through reference to the everyday and commonplace.
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"Mullahinsa, Drummeril, Black Shanco- Wherever I turn I see In the stony grey soil of Monaghan Dead loves that were born for me."
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"I loved too much and by such and such is happiness thrown away."
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"O commemorate me where there is water, Canal water, preferably, so stilly Greeny at the heart of summer. Brother Commemorate me thus beautifully Where by a lock niagarously roars The falls for those who sit in the tremendous silence Of mid-July."
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