Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World War I. His first volume of poems was published while he served, in 1915; two more were published posthumously, and were followed by this collection of complete works in 1919. He and five comrades had been killed by an exploding shell during the third battle of Ypres (July 1917).His poems reflect his love for his native rural countryside, tinged with loss arising from the war. From his frequent use of a blackbird motif, he was known as the "Poet of the Blackbird."Of him, the poet John Drinkwater wrote: "His poetry exults me, while not so his death.... to those who know what poetry is, the untimely death of a man like Ledwidge is nothing but calamity." - Summary by Nemo
Introduction to Songs of the FieldsIntroduction to Songs of PeaceIntroduction to Last SongsSongs of the Fields: To My Best FriendBehind the Closed EyeBound to the MastTo A Linnet in a CageA Twilight in Middle MarchSpringDesire in SpringA Rainy Day in AprilA Song of AprilThe Broken TrystThoughts at the Trysting StileEvening in MayAn Attempt at a City SunsetWaitingThe Singer's MuseInamorataThe Wife of LlewThe HillsJuneIn ManchesterMusic on WaterTo M. McGIn the DuskThe Death of AilillAugustThe Visitation of PeaceBefore the TearsGod's RemembranceAn Old PainThe Lost OnesAll-Hallows EveA MemoryA SongA FearThe Coming PoetThe Vision on the BrinkTo Lord DunsanyOn an Oaten StrawEvening in FebruaryThe SisterBefore the War of CooleyLow-Moon LandThe Sorrow of FindebarOn Dream WaterThe Death of SualtemThe Maid in Low-Moon LandThe Death of Leag, Cuchulain's CharioteerThe Passing of CaoilteGrowing OldAfter My Last SongSongs of Peace: A Dream of ArtemisA Little Boy in the MorningTo A Distant OneThe PlaceMayTo Eilish of the Fair HairCrewbrawnEvening in EnglandCrocknaharnaIn the Mediterranean- Going to the WarThe GardenerAutumn Evening in SerbiaNocturneSpring and AutumnThe Departure of ProserpineThe Home-Coming of the SheepWhen Love and Beauty Wander AwayMy MotherSongTo One DeadThe ResurrectionThe Shadow PeopleAn Old DesireThomas McDonaghThe Wedding MorningThe BlackbirdsThe LureThro' Bogac BanFateEvening CloudsSongThe HeronsIn the ShadowsThe Ships of ArcadyAfterTo One WeepingA Dream DanceBy FaughanIn SeptemberLast Songs: To An Old Quill of Lord Dunsany'sTo A SparrowOld Clo'YouthThe Little ChildrenAutumnIrelandLady FairAt a Poet's GraveAfter Court MartialA Mother's SongAt CurrabweeSong-time is OverUna BawnSpring LoveSoliloquyDawnCeol SidheThe RushesThe Dead KingsIn FranceHad I A Golden PoundFairiesIn a CafeSpringPanWith FlowersThe FindA Fairy HuntTo One Who Comes Now and ThenThe SylphHomeThe Lanawn Shee
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