Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOATMAN OF KINSALE, by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS Poet's Biography First Line: His kiss is sweet, his word is kind Last Line: The boatman of kinsale. Subject(s): Kinsale, Ireland | ||||||||
His kiss is sweet, his word is kind, His love is rich to me; I could not in a palace find A truer love than he. The eagle shelters not his nest From hurricane and hail, More bravely than he guards my breast, The boatman of Kinsale. The wind that round the Fastnet sweeps Is not a whit more pure, The goat that down Knock Sheehy leaps Has not a foot more sure. No firmer hand, no freer eye E'er faced an autumn gale. De Courcy's heart is not so high, The Boatman of Kinsale. The brawling squires may heed him not, The dainty stranger sneer, But who will dare to hurt our cot When Myles O'Hea is here? The scarlet soldiers pass along, They'd like but fear to rail-- His blood is hot, his blow is strong, The Boatman of Kinsale. His hooker's in the Scilly van When seines are in the foam; But money never made the man, Nor wealth a happy home. So blest with love and liberty, While he can trim a sail, He'll trust in God, and cling to me, The boatman of Kinsale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLARE'S DRAGOONS by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS FONTENOY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS NATIONALITY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE FLOWER OF FINAE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE SACK OF BALTIMORE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE WELCOME by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS A BALLAD OF FREEDOM by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS A CHRISTMAS SCENE; OR, LOVE IN THE COUNTRY by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS A NATION ONCE AGAIN by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS |
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