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Dora Mary Sigerson was born in Dublin on August 16th, 1866, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (née Varian) also a writer. Her father was a leader in Dublin’s intellectual world and immersed the young Dora in the vibrant literary society of Dublin throughout her childhood, helping her gain a deep and complete love of her country. Like her father, Dora was active in the Irish literary revival, and a passionate campaigner for home rule. Her poetry collections date from 1893 and are particularly evocative when she writes of her homeland, War and, most of all, the Easter Rising of 1916. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, the noted Irish poet and author as well as fellow writers and poets Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong. When she married Clement King Shorter, an English journalist and literary critic, in 1895 they moved to England and she wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. Although in England her heart’s passion remained with Ireland. The tragic events of Easter 1916, were a terrible blow to her and her health quickly began to fail. Dora Mary Sigerson Shorter died on January 6th, 1918. The cause of her death was not disclosed. As well as a foremost poet Dora’s talents extended to sculpture, journalism and novels. Dora’s best-known sculpture is the memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery to the executed leaders of the Easter Rebellion. In her lifetime she was renowned for her personal beauty and her charm. That charm is reflected in her works which are full of eagerness, love, sympathy, and, of course, suffering.
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The Poetry of Dora Sigerson Shorter
Volume II - The Fairy Changeling & Other Poems
Dora Mary Sigerson was born in Dublin on August 16th, 1866, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (née Varian) also a writer.
Her father was a leader in Dublin’s intellectual world and immersed the young Dora in the vibrant literary society of Dublin throughout her childhood, helping her gain a deep and complete love of her country. Like her father, Dora was active in the Irish literary revival, and a passionate campaigner for home rule.
Her poetry collections date from 1893 and are particularly evocative when she writes of her homeland, War and, most of all, the Easter Rising of 1916. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, the noted Irish poet and author as well as fellow writers and poets Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong
When she married Clement King Shorter, an English journalist and literary critic, in 1895 they moved to England and she wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. Although in England her heart’s passion remained with Ireland.
The tragic events of Easter 1916, were a terrible blow to her and her health quickly began to fail.
Dora Mary Sigerson Shorter died on January 6th, 1918. The cause of her death was not disclosed.
As well as a foremost poet Dora’s talents extended to sculpture, journalism and novels.
Dora’s best-known sculpture is the memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery to the executed leaders of the Easter Rebellion.
In her lifetime she was renowned for her personal beauty and her charm. That charm is reflected in her works which are full of eagerness, love, sympathy, and, of course, suffering.
Index of Contents
Dora Sigerson - A Tribute And Some Memories by Katharine Tynan
Dora Sigerson by C. P. Curran
The Fairy Changeling
A Ballad of Marjorie
The Priest’s Brother
The Ballad of the Little Black Hound
The Rape of the Baron’s Wine
Cean Duv Deelish
Banagher Rhue
The Fair Little Maiden
At Christmas Time
A Weeping Cupid
The Lover
A Bird from the West
All Souls’ Eve
An Imperfect Revolution
Love
Wishes
Cupid Slain
What Will You Give?
A Meadow Tragedy
An Eclipse
The Scallop Shell
With a Rose
For Ever
The Blow Returned
Vale
The Skeleton in the Cupboard
You Will Not Come Again
The Wreckage
I am the World
A New Year
The Kine of My Father
Sanctuary
An Eastern God
A Friend in Need
In a Wood
A Vagrant Heart
When You are on the Sea
My Neighbour’s Garden
An Irish Blackbird
Death of Gormlaith
Unknown Ideal
Beware
The Old Maid
Wirastrua
Questions
A Little Dog
I Prayed so Eagerly
When the Dark Comes
Distant Voices
The Ballad of the Fairy Thorn-Tree
The Suicide’s Grave
Dora Sigerson Shorter – A Concise Bibliography
DORA SIGERSON - A TRIBUTE AND SOME MEMORIES by Katharine Tynan
To think of Dora Sigerson—and it is a poignant thought—takes one back to Dublin in the 'nineties, or the later 'eighties. I think it was on a summer Sunday in 1887 that Dr. Sigerson came to see me with his two daughters and Rose Kavanagh, whom I already knew. The Yeatses were there that Sunday for the big meal at a most unfashionable hour, which was a feature of those years for the young writers and artists of Dublin. My old home was in the country, just under the Dublin mountains, and, I think, a very delightful place.
Everyone, of course, knew Dr. Sigerson by repute. The house was full of the young that day, with just a sprinkling of the young of heart like Mr. Yeats and my father and Dr. Sigerson. I remember that my brother said to me, Miss Sigerson is very beautiful.
She was. Her face then had some curious suggestion of the Greek Hermes. She wore her dark hair short, and it was in heavy masses. She had a beautiful brow and eyebrows, very fine grey eyes,