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Collected Poems
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Selected Poems
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Harbour Lights
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The Yellow Book
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1997
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Selected Poems
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The Hudson Letter
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The Hunt By Night
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An Autumn Wind
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Racine's Phaedra
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Life On Earth
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“You with your light meter and relaxed itinerary,
Let not our naive labours have been in vain!”
― Derek Mahon
Let not our naive labours have been in vain!”
― Derek Mahon
“Everything Is Going to Be All Right
How should I not be glad to contemplate
the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window
and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?
There will be dying, there will be dying,
but there is no need to go into that.
The poems flow from the hand unbidden
and the hidden source is the watchful heart.
The sun rises in spite of everything
and the far cities are beautiful and bright.
I lie here in a riot of sunlight
watching the day break and the clouds flying.
Everything is going to be all right.”
― Derek Mahon, Collected Poems
How should I not be glad to contemplate
the clouds clearing beyond the dormer window
and a high tide reflected on the ceiling?
There will be dying, there will be dying,
but there is no need to go into that.
The poems flow from the hand unbidden
and the hidden source is the watchful heart.
The sun rises in spite of everything
and the far cities are beautiful and bright.
I lie here in a riot of sunlight
watching the day break and the clouds flying.
Everything is going to be all right.”
― Derek Mahon, Collected Poems
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