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Katharine Tynan

I lived from 1859-1931. I was from Ireland, and am in the English category.

Katharine Tynan was born in Dublin, Ireland on 23rd January 1859. She was the daughter of a cattle farmer and spent most of her childhood on his farms. She was a keen reader and began writing poetry whilst in her teens.

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  • THERE they go marching all in step so gay!
    Smooth-cheeked and golden, food for shells and guns.
    19 lines, 1 comment
  • I am the pillars of the house;
    The keystone of the arch am I.
    25 lines
  • Lest the young soldiers be strange in heaven,
      God bids the old soldier they all adored
    13 lines
  • THE night that I was married
    Our Captain came to me:
    38 lines
  • The Meuse and Marne have little waves;
        The slender poplars o'er them lean.
    33 lines
  • He sleeps as a lamb sleeps,
    Beside his mother.
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  • Here in the garden-bed,
    Hoeing the celery,
    40 lines
  • Bring flowers to strew His way,
    Yea, sing, make holiday;
    16 lines
  • God bless the little orchard brown
    Where the sap stirs these quickening days.
    20 lines
  • Thy kingdom come ! Yea, bid it come!
    But when Thy kingdom first began
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