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Monthly Archives: December 2015
New Year’s Eve By D.H. Lawrence
There are only two things now, The great black night scooped out And this fire-glow. This fire-glow, the core, And we the two ripe pips That are held in store. Listen, the darkness rings As it circulates round our fire. … Continue reading
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New Year’s Night By D.H. Lawrence
Now you are mine, to-night at last I say it; You’re a dove I have bought for sacrifice, And to-night I slay it. Here in my arms my naked sacrifice! Death, do you hear, in my arms I am bringing … Continue reading
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The Death of the Old Year By Lord Alfred Tennyson
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing: Toll ye the church bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the old year lies a-dying. Old year you must not die; You … Continue reading
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Happy New Year All
“Life goes by so very fast, my dears, and taking the time to reflect, even once a year, slows things down. We zoom past so many seconds, minutes, hours, killing them with the frantic way we live that it’s important … Continue reading
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I Am Of Ireland By William Butler Yeats
I am of Ireland, And the Holy Land of Ireland, And time runs on,’ cried she. ‘Come out of charity, Come dance with me in Ireland.’ One man, one man alone In that outlandish gear, One solitary man Of all … Continue reading
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Giving By Khalil Gibran
Then said a rich man, “Speak to us of Giving.” And he answered: You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. For what are your possessions but … Continue reading
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Charity By Robert Service
The Princess was of ancient line, Of royal race was she; Like cameo her face was fine, With sad serentiy: Yet bent she toiled with dimming eye, Her rice and milk to buy. With lacework that for pity plead, So … Continue reading
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Christy Moore & High Hopes Choir Release Single
High Hopes Choir By RTE I saw this programme on Irish TV during Christmas. For the public, it put a human perspective on homelessness and each person had their own sad tale of real life living rough and addiction. It … Continue reading
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Storm-Racked
Storm-Racked By Amy Lowell How should I sing when buffeting salt waves And stung with bitter surges, in whose might I toss, a cockleshell? The dreadful night Marshals its undefeated dark and raves In brutal madness, reeling over graves Of … Continue reading
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Christmas Holidays By Thomas Hood
Along the Woodford road there comes a noise Of wheels, and Mr. Rounding’s neat post-chaise Struggles along, drawn by a pair of bays, With Reverend Mr. Crow and six small boys, Who ever and anon declare their joys With trumping … Continue reading
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Beautiful Humanity
Title:Hundreds fed by charity at Christmas Day dinner Author: The Irish Times Full Text & Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/hundreds-fed-by-charity-at-christmas-day-dinner-1.2477457 The Internet, Online, 27/12/2015 Sample Text: Volunteers help to feed Christmas dinner to thousands of homeless and poor in Dublin. More than 350 … Continue reading
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Homelessness: A Crisis Beyond Crisis
Posted in Charity, Homelessness, Ireland, Poverty
Tagged hidden poor, Irish poor, living on the streets, no homes, reality of living on the streets, The Examiner, video
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Well Done Cork Penney Dinners & The People Of Cork
Well done to the Brennan Brothers and the people of Cork for coming out to help revamp Cork Penney Dinners and cloth the homeless for Christmas. The Christmas edition of At Your Service was updating the old and inadequate premises … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas All
I am taking a few days off for Christmas but first I want to wish you all a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Annette xxxx
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Sams Christmas Pudding By Marriott Edgar
It was Christmas Day in the trenches In Spain in Penninsular War, And Sam Small were cleaning his musket A thing as he’d ne’re done before. They’d had ’em inspected that morning And Sam had got into disgrace, For when … Continue reading
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Advent By Patrick Kavanagh
We have tested and tasted too much, lover- Through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder. But here in the Advent-darkened room Where the dry black bread and the sugarless tea Of penance will charm back the luxury … Continue reading
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A Christmas Ghost Story By Thomas Hardy
South of the Line, inland from far Durban, A mouldering soldier lies–your countryman. Awry and doubled up are his gray bones, And on the breeze his puzzled phantom moans Nightly to clear Canopus: “I would know By whom and when … Continue reading
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Church Music By George Herbert
Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure Did through my body wound my mind, You took me thence, and in your house of pleasure A dainty lodging me assigned. 2 Now I in you without a body move, Rising … Continue reading
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Silent Night
Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories … Continue reading
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