POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS BY JOHN M. SYNGE MAUNSEL & COMPANY, LTD 96 MIDDLE ABBEY ST. DUBLIN 1911 Cuala Press Edition. 1909. Copyright. John Quinn. 1909 Reprinted with additions (Collected Works of J. M. Synge) 1910 All rights reserved Printed by Maunsel and Co., Ltd., Dublin CONTENTS POEMS PREFACE _p._ xi QUEENS 1 IN KERRY 3 A WISH 4 THE ’MERGENCY MAN 5 DANNY 6 PATCH-SHANEEN 8 ON AN ISLAND 10 BEG-INNISH 11 EPITAPH 12 THE PASSING OF THE SHEE 13 ON AN ANNIVERSARY 14 THE OAKS OF GLENCREE 15 A QUESTION 16 DREAD 17 IN GLENCULLEN 18 I’VE THIRTY MONTHS 19 EPITAPH 20 PRELUDE 21 IN MAY 22 ON A BIRTHDAY 23 WINTER 24 THE CURSE 25 TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH SONNETS FROM “LAURA IN DEATH” LAURA BEING DEAD, PETRARCH FINDS TROUBLE IN ALL THE THINGS OF THE EARTH 29 HE ASKS HIS HEART TO RAISE ITSELF UP TO GOD 30 HE WISHES HE MIGHT DIE AND FOLLOW LAURA 31 LAURA IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM 32 HE CEASES TO SPEAK OF HER GRACES AND HER VIRTUES WHICH ARE NO MORE 33 HE IS JEALOUS OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH 34 THE FINE TIME OF THE YEAR INCREASES PETRARCH’S SORROW 35 HE UNDERSTANDS THE GREAT CRUELTY OF DEATH 36 THE SIGHT OF LAURA’S HOUSE REMINDS HIM OF THE GREAT HAPPINESS HE HAS LOST 37 HE SENDS HIS RHYMES TO THE TOMB OF LAURA TO PRAY HER TO CALL HIM TO HER 38 ONLY HE WHO MOURNS HER, AND HEAVEN THAT POSSESSES HER, KNEW HER WHILE SHE LIVED 39 LAURA WAITS FOR HIM IN HEAVEN 40 TRANSLATIONS FROM VILLON AND OTHERS PRAYER OF THE OLD WOMAN, VILLON’S MOTHER 43 AN OLD WOMAN’S LAMENTATIONS 44 COLIN MUSSET, AN OLD POET, COMPLAINS TO HIS PATRON 46 WALTER VON DER VOGELWEIDE 48 LEOPARDI--SILVIA 49 POEMS PREFACE