The Poetry of Francis Ledwidge


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Francis Edward Ledwidge was born on 19th August, 1887 in the small village of Janeville in Slane, County Meath in Ireland to parents that believed strongly in education. At the age of 5 his father died and the entire family, already desperately poor, were forced into work and by 13 the young Ledwidge took whatever job was to hand-from farm hand to road labourer. Throughout this time he applied himself to his poetry writing whenever and wherever he could. His poems were published on a regular basis from the age of 14 in the Drogheda Independent, his local paper.Ledwidge was an ardent Nationalist and was well known for his Sinn Fein and trade union activism. This association got him fired from his job at the Slane copper mines, for organising a strike for better working conditions, but prompted his appointment as the Secretary to the Slane branch of the Meath Labour Union. As a poet Ledwidge found patronage from Lord Dunsany who was well known in literary circles and was offered regular funds if he did not fight in World War I. Ledwidge was originally opposed to the War but then, seeing the greater injustice of an enslaved Europe, changed his view and enlisted and fought for Lord Dunsany's regiment, part of the 10th Irish Division. He thrived in the army finding promotion, happy to be serving Ireland and continuing to write but on 31st July 1917, whilst road laying for the Battle of Ypres, a German artillery shell exploded and he was blown to pieces. He was 29. Francis Ledwidge, the patriot and nationalist has been called 'The Soldier Poet', 'The Peasant Poet' and the 'Poet of the Blackbird'1 - The Poetry of Francis Ledwidge - An Introduction2 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge3 - The Call to Ireland by Francis Ledwidge4 - At Currabwee by Francis Ledwidge5 - My Mother by Francis Ledwidge6 - Nocturne by Francis Ledwidge7 - The Sylph by Francis Ledwidge8 - Evening in February by Francis Ledwidge9 - Evening in England by Francis Ledwidge10 - A Twilight in Middle March by Francis Ledwidge11 - A Rainy Day in April by Francis Ledwidge12 - Thoughts at the Trysting Stile by Francis Ledwidge13 - Evening in May by Francis Ledwidge14 - Autumn Evening in Serbia by Francis Ledwidge15 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge16 - Behind the Closed Eye by Francis Ledwidge17 - The Visitation of Peace by Francis Ledwidge18 - To My Best Friend by Francis Ledwidge19 - In the Dusk by Francis Ledwidge20 - In a Cafe by Francis Ledwidge21 - Lady Fair by Francis Ledwidge22 - Low Moonland by Francis Ledwidge23 - Old Clo by Francis Ledwidge24 - The Maid in Low Moonland by Francis Ledwidge25 - The Weddiing Morning by Francis Ledwidge26 - To One Weeping by Francis Ledwidge27 - Youth by Francis Ledwidge28 - Had I a Golden Pound (After the Irish) by Francis Ledwidge29 - The Lanawn Shee by Francis Ledwidge30 - Fairies by Francis Ledwidge31 - The Little Children by Francis Ledwidge32 - A Fairy Hunt by Francis Ledwidge33 - Pan by Francis Ledwidge34 - The Find by Francis Ledwidge35 - The Shadow People by Francis Ledwidge36 - Bound to the Mast by Francis Ledwidge37 - To One Who Comes Now and Then by Francis Ledwidge38 - To an Old Quill of Lord Dunsany's by Francis Ledwidge39 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge40 - Waiting by Francis Ledwidge41 - Lament for Thomas McDonagh by Francis Ledwidge42 - The Dead Kings by Francis Ledwidge43 - The Lost Ones by Francis Ledwidge44 - An Old Pain by Francis Ledwidge45 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge46 - To One Dead by Francis Ledwidge47 - Soliloquy by Francis Ledwidge48 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge49 - At a Poet's Grave by Francis Ledwidge
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