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Austin Clarke Quotes

1896–1974 Ireland

Austin Clarke (Irish: Aibhistín Ó Cléirigh; 9 May 1896 – 19 March 1974), born in 83 Manor Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin, was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B.

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Men that had seen her
Drank deep and were silent,
The women were speaking
Wherever she went,
As a bell that is rung
Or a wonder told shyly,
And O she was the Sunday
In every week.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Austin Clarke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.