[PW] Re: Poem: Sadly talks the blackbird here

[Marci Bethel]

I found it with a Google Book Search. You were right about the _Oxford Book
of Irish Verse_. I also found another reference that allows you to see the
entire text of the poem. http://tinyurl.com/s2fu2. (You need a gmail account
or Google Books account to view the text. If you don't have either of those
and need the full text, please contact me offline.)

Title: Oxford Bk of Irish Verse 17th-20th Century 
ISBN: 0198121156 
Publisher: Oxford University Press 
Author(s): Oxford University Press 
Format: Hardcover 
Publication Date: Aug 1, 1990 
Subject: Poetry  

http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0198121156&id=GWV6baCTziwC&q=sadly+tal
ks+the+blackbird+here&dq=sadly+talks+the+blackbird+here&pgis=1
OR http://tinyurl.com/lt7os

You can see the full text of the poem (listed as The Deserted Home, circa
11th century) on page 17 of the viewable book, _Irish Verse: An Anthology_.

Title: Irish Verse 
ISBN: 0486419142 
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications 
Editor(s): Bob Blaisdell 
Format: Paperback 
Publication Date: Dec 19, 2001 
Subject: Poetry 
Dimensions: 5.12 x 8.26 x 0.45 in 
Pages: 160 

Here's the complete URL:
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0486419142&id=Vo8CbqXd7lIC&pg=PA17&lpg
=PA17&dq=sadly+talks+the+blackbird+here&sig=nwignFdLclrK4qNl0fJi_EacqpI
OR http://tinyurl.com/s2fu2

Hope this helps,
Marci

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mhbethel at rmbeditorial.com


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Subject: [PW] Poem: Sadly talks the blackbird here

I'm looking for an Irish poem that either starts with or contains the line

Sadly talks the blackbird here

I *think* it's one of the poems in the Oxford Book of Irish Verse that was
brought out in the 1960s edited by Donagh MacDonagh, but I'm not sure. Any
help gratefully received.