Advent Comments
We have tested and tasted too much, lover-
Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder.
But here in the Advent-darkened room
Where the dry black bread and the sugarless tea
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Classic poem on Advent. I particularly like the lines in the first verse " But here in the Advent-darkened room, where the dry black bread and the sugarless tea of penance will charm back the luxury of a child's sour......"
Magical . Oh to bering back that magic childhood feeling. Love it.
The word 'please' omitted from the eighth line of final verse. Unfortunate: -(
Read this for the 1st time when I at about 15 years old. I've never forgotten it so I suppose it made an impression :) Absolutely one of my favourite poems of all time.
Read this poem a lietime and you will never understand the imagery to make the poem come to life you need trodded on the clay and looked oer the hills with unassuming eyes filled with wonder with the awe of a child looking through heaven's gable.
Are there any Patrick Kavanagh Poems /Prose on audio books or cds?
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