A TREASURY

OF

IRISH POETRY

A TREASURY

OF

IRISH POETRY

IN THE

ENGLISH TONGUE

EDITED BY

STOPFORD A. BROOKE

AND

T. W. ROLLESTON

LONDON

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE

1900

All rights reserved

Dedication

ΤΟ

SIR CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY

AMONG WHOSE MANY SERVICES TO IRELAND

WAS THE PUBLICATION OF THE

FIRST WORTHY COLLECTION OF IRISH NATIONAL POETRY

THE EDITORS, WITH DEEP RESPECT

DEDICATE THIS VOLUME