Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Introduction: ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970
- A Note on the Texts
- Elizabeth Varian (1821–1851–1896)
- Emily Hickey (1845–1881–1924)
- A Rose
- Restitution
- A Gift
- To a Master in Paradise
- Why, If All Poets Crown Their Loves With Verse
- In a Swiss Wood
- To the Czar Nicholas II
- A Choice
- Ox-Eyed Daisies
- Aftermath
- Katharine Tynan (1858–1885–1931)
- Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1893–1918)
- Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1898–1926)
- Emily Lawless (1845–1902–1913)
- Susan L. Mitchell (1866–1906–1926)
- Alice Milligan (1866–1908–1953)
- Winifred M. Letts (1881–1913–1972)
- Eileen Shanahan (1901–[1921]–1979)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1929–1967)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1933–1959)
- Sheila Wingfield (1906–1938–1992)
- Freda Laughton (1907–1945–?)
- Rhoda Coghill 1903–1948–2000
- Appendix 1: Irish Women Poets 1870–1970
- Appendix 2: Chronology
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Titles and First Lines
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A Choice
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Introduction: ‘Slow Tide on Tide of History’: Poetry by Women in Ireland, 1870–1970
- A Note on the Texts
- Elizabeth Varian (1821–1851–1896)
- Emily Hickey (1845–1881–1924)
- A Rose
- Restitution
- A Gift
- To a Master in Paradise
- Why, If All Poets Crown Their Loves With Verse
- In a Swiss Wood
- To the Czar Nicholas II
- A Choice
- Ox-Eyed Daisies
- Aftermath
- Katharine Tynan (1858–1885–1931)
- Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1893–1918)
- Eva Gore-Booth (1870–1898–1926)
- Emily Lawless (1845–1902–1913)
- Susan L. Mitchell (1866–1906–1926)
- Alice Milligan (1866–1908–1953)
- Winifred M. Letts (1881–1913–1972)
- Eileen Shanahan (1901–[1921]–1979)
- Mary Devenport O'Neill (1879–1929–1967)
- Blanaid Salkeld (1880–1933–1959)
- Sheila Wingfield (1906–1938–1992)
- Freda Laughton (1907–1945–?)
- Rhoda Coghill 1903–1948–2000
- Appendix 1: Irish Women Poets 1870–1970
- Appendix 2: Chronology
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Titles and First Lines
Summary
If I might choose one gift God's hand could yield,
What would I crown my life withal to–day?
With love, or gold, or fame, or absolute sway,
Or beauty such as women's who have thrilled
Men's souls and senses till no more they willed
With their own wills, but only must obey?
Or would I choose to have my mother–clay
Lapping me round, whose pain at last were stilled?
What would I choose, and what would I forgo?
Would all desire go up in that swift cry,
Were it one little minute's space, to know
God's love which passeth knowledge, verily;
And, ere the glory fadeth off, to die?
Would God, that I were sure of choosing so!
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- Poetry by Women in IrelandA Critical Anthology 1870–1970, pp. 79Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2012