Title: An origin like water : collected poems, 1967-1987 /
Authors: Boland, Eavan; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: W.W. Norton,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Ireland Poetry.
Abstract: Here, from one of our major poets, is the collected early work that has been long unavailable in this country. Included in this volume is the work from Eaven Boland's five early volumes of poetry: New Territory, The War Horse, In Her Own Image, Night Feed, and The Journey. With the publication of this volume, all of Boland's poetry will now be available.
Contents: Athene's song -- From the painting Back from market by Chardin -- New territory -- After the Irish of Aodghan O'Rathaille -- The flight of the earls -- A cynic at Kilmainham Jail -- Belfast vs. Dublin -- Yeats in Civil War -- The poets -- Mirages -- The pilgrim -- Migration -- Three songs for a legend. A lullaby for Lir's son ; The malediction ; Elegy for a youth changed to a swan -- The king and the troubadour -- Requiem for a personal friend -- The winning of Etain -- The war horse -- The famine road -- Child of our time -- The hanging judge -- A soldier's son -- The Greek experience -- The laws of love -- Sisters -- O Fons Bandusiae -- Chorus of the shadows -- From the Irish of Pangur Ban -- The Atlantic Ocean -- Conversation with an inspector of taxes about poetry.