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“There is no moral to my song,
I praise no right, I blame no wrong;
I tell of things that I have seen,
I show the man that I have been
As simply as a poet can
Who knows himself poet and man.”
―
I praise no right, I blame no wrong;
I tell of things that I have seen,
I show the man that I have been
As simply as a poet can
Who knows himself poet and man.”
―
“The greater glory you shall see
And the greater peace, beyond these wars.”
― The Poetical Works of Thomas Macdonagh
And the greater peace, beyond these wars.”
― The Poetical Works of Thomas Macdonagh
“You come in the day of destiny,
Barbara, born to the air of Mars:
The greater glory you shall see
And the greater peace, beyond these wars.
In other days within this isle,
As in a temple, men knew peace;
And won the world to peace a while
Till rose the pride of Rome and Greece,--
The pride of art, the pride of power,
The cruel empire of the mind:
Withered the light like a summer flower,
And hearts went cold and souls went blind;
And, groping, men took other gifts,
And thought them the best:
But the light lives in the soul that lifts
The quiet love above the rest.”
―
Barbara, born to the air of Mars:
The greater glory you shall see
And the greater peace, beyond these wars.
In other days within this isle,
As in a temple, men knew peace;
And won the world to peace a while
Till rose the pride of Rome and Greece,--
The pride of art, the pride of power,
The cruel empire of the mind:
Withered the light like a summer flower,
And hearts went cold and souls went blind;
And, groping, men took other gifts,
And thought them the best:
But the light lives in the soul that lifts
The quiet love above the rest.”
―
![Through the ivory gate : a book of verse / by Thomas McDonagh. 1903 [Leather Bound]](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1699646343l/124788925._SX98_.jpg "Through the ivory gate : a book of verse / by Thomas McDonagh. 1903 [Leather Bound]")
