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Saturday, October 13, 2018

October Afternoon in Dublin /
Mary Devenport O'Neill


October Afternoon in Dublin

The wet roads were like pewter bands;
The hilltops had a hard wet line;
There was no sign
Of warmth but in the fresh-lit lamps,
Although the driving rain
Was done at last;
One seemed to see
As well as hear the wind –
Watching the clouds and trees
And the cold crouching people hurrying past.

~~
Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879-1967)
from Prometheus, and other poems, 1929

[Poem is in the public domain in Canada]

Mary Devenport O'Neill biography

2 comments:

  1. Unreal! I wish I had a book of her poems!

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  2. This is the closest Penny can come to granting your wish: http://marydevenportoneill.org/poems/

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