Quotation by Patrick Kavanagh

ancient Ireland sweeping
In again with all its unbaptized beauty:
The calm evening,
The whitethorn blossoms,
The smell from ditches that were not Christian.
Patrick Kavanagh (1905–1969), Irish poet, novelist. Father Mat (l. 13–17). . .

Anthology of Irish Literature, An. David H. Greene, ed. (1954) The Modern Library.
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