Moral training in Ireland is severe and lasts until marriage. Even in childhood, we are taught by the pious clergy to battle against bad thoughts so that we may preserve our holy purity. Austin Clarke badbattlechildhood Change image and share on social
Reform and exchange in English poetry are as slow as in the British constitution itself. Austin Clarke britishconstitutionenglish Change image and share on social
Few in the Nineties would have ventured to prophesy that the remote dim singer of the Celtic Twilight would, in a new age, become the leading poet of the English-speaking world. None have disputed the claim of William Butler Yeats to that title. Austin Clarke agebutlerceltic share on social
