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| Preface | | xiii |
| Modern Irish Poetry | | xvii |
| Old Age | Oliver Goldsmith (1725-1774) | 1 |
| The Village Preacher | Oliver Goldsmith (1725-1774) | 2 |
| The Deserter's Meditation | John Philpot Curran (1750—1817) | 3 |
| 'Thou canst not boast' | Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) | 4 |
| Kathleen O'More | James Nugent Reynolds (-1802) | 5 |
| The Groves of Blarney | Richard Alfred Milliken (1767-1815) | 6 |
| The Light of other Days | Thomas Moore (1779-1852) | 10 |
| 'At the Mid Hour of Night' | Thomas Moore (1779-1852) | 11 |
| The Burial of Sir John Moore | Rev. Charles Wolfe (1791-1823) | 12 |
| The Convict of Clonmel | Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839) | 14 |
| The Outlaw of Loch Lene | Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839) | 16 |
| Dirge of O'Sullivan Bear | Jeremiah Joseph Callanan (1795-1839) | 17 |
| Love Song | George Darley (1795-1846) | 20 |
| The Whistlin' Thief | Samuel Lover (1797-1868) | 22 |
| Soggarth Aroon | John Banim (1798-1842) | 24 |
| Dark Rosaleen | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 27 |
| Lament for the Princes |
| of Tyrone and Tyrconnell | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 31 |
| A Lamentation for the |
| Death of Sir Maurice |
| Fitzgerald | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 41 | |
| The Woman of Three Cows | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 43 |
| Prince Alfrid's Itinerary |
| through Ireland | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 47 |
| O'Hussey's Ode to The |
| Maguire | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 50 |
| The Nameless One | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 55 |
| Siberia | James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849) | 57 |
| Hy-Brasail | Gerald Griffin (1803-1840) | 59 |
| Mo Craoibhin Cno | Edward Walsh (1805-1850) | 61 |
| MairgrÉad Ni Chealleadh | Edward Walsh (1805-1850) | 63 |
| From the Cold Sod |
| that's o'er you | Edward Walsh (1805-1850) | 65 |
| The Fairy Nurse | Edward Walsh (1805-1850) | 67 |
| A cuisle geal mo chroidhe | Michael Doheny (1805-1863) | 69 |
| Lament of the Irish |
| Emigrant | Lady Dufferin (1807-1867) | 71 |
| The Welshmen of |
