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    By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New
    By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New
    By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New
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    By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New

    By George William Russell

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    "By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New" by George William Russell is a collection of poems that have captured the hearts of readers since it was first published in the early 20th century. With beautiful verses and atmospheric imagery, it's indeed incredibly fortunate that this book was rescued from the brink of being forgotten.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 13, 2022
    ISBN8596547067047
    By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New
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    George William Russell

    Æ (GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL) (1867–1935) was born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh. A poet, political activist, novelist, essayist and painter, he appears as a character in James Joyce’s Ulysses. His pseudonym ‘Æ’ was abbreviated from the word ‘Æon,’ and reflects his spiritualist beliefs.

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      By Still Waters - George William Russell

      George William Russell

      By Still Waters: Lyrical Poems Old and New

      EAN 8596547067047

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      A SUMMER NIGHT

      CREATION

      DUSK

      NIGHT

      DAWN

      DAY

      DANA

      REMEMBRANCE

      THE HOUR OF THE KING

      THE WINDS OF ANGUS

      REFLECTIONS

      THE DAWN OF DARKNESS

      NATURAL MAGIC

      IN THE WOMB

      FORGIVENESS

      A WOMAN'S VOICE

      PARTING

      A PRAYER

      THE HEROES

      RECALL

      BLINDNESS

      BROTHERHOOD

      A NEW BEING

      THE MAN TO THE ANGEL

      ENDURANCE

      THE VESTURE OF THE SOUL

      THE TWILIGHT OF EARTH

      THE DREAM

      THE PARTING OF WAYS

      SONG

      THE VIRGIN MOTHER

      The Manager of the Dun Emer Press has to thank

      Mr. John Lane for permission to reprint ten poems

      from Homeward Songs by the Way and nine poems from

      The Earth Breath, also Messrs. Macmillan & Co.

      for permission to reprint seven poems from The Divine Vision.

      Oh, be not led away,

      Lured by the colour of the sun-rich day.

      The gay romance of song

      Unto the spirit life doth not belong:

      Though far-between the hours

      In which the Master of Angelic powers

      Lightens the dusk within

      The holy of holies, be it thine to win

      Rare vistas of white light,

      Half parted lips through which the Infinite

      Murmurs her ancient story,

      Harkening to whom the wandering planets hoary

      Waken primeval fires,

      With deeper rapture in celestial choirs

      Breathe, and with fleeter motion

      Wheel in their orbits through the

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