Dora Sigerson Shorter, "Ireland" in Ballads & Poems (1899), p. 51
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’Twas the dream of a God, And the mould of His hand, That you shook ’neath His stroke, That you trembled and broke To this beautiful land. ...He made you all fair, You in purple and gold, You in silver and green, Till no eye that has seen Without love can behold.
— Dora Sigerson Shorter on Ireland
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About Dora Sigerson Shorter
Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter (née Sigerson; 16 August 1866 – 6 January 1918) was an Irish poet and sculptor.
About Dora Sigerson Shorter
Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter (née Sigerson; 16 August 1866 – 6 January 1918) was an Irish poet and sculptor.
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