83+ Irish Love Poems

Some of these are poems about Ireland and Irish history while others focus on more universal themes and subjects.

Irish love poems. I have done some digging and compiled this list of Irish sayings about. Indeed one of the traits of Irish courtly love poetry is the noble and exalting power of human love. May your faith soar like a multi-colored bird And shine brighter than the blinding desert sun. I now confess my secret love so slight and slim.

Of course that means the ultimate poem is one that combines love and death. Classical Irish Love Poems There is a particular Irish and Celtic flavor of literature--passionate playful skilled effortlessly lyrical and passionately in love with this passing world. Many of these romantic Irish quotes and sayings have been used for decades and often at Irish wedding celebrations. Here are a few of our favorites.

But this girl who has taken my bonny bonny boy let her make of him all that she can. And this bold Irish boy was my pride and my joy and I built him a bowr in my breast. May your faith be strong as a mountain wall And subtle as the early morning mists. Irish Poems About Death and Love.

The Irish Contemporary Books p. At swift memorials we strive to make our designs as memorable and unique as possible and one way to achieve this is 5 of The Most Beautiful Irish Poems On Love Life Death Read More. If theres any topic that lends itself to poetry more than death its love. May you believe that Gods power conquers all And his love through trouble and pain persists.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. Translated from the Irish by Sean OFaolain its attributed to that most versatile and able of poets Anon and dated. Because you know your prayers. Yeats When You are Old When you are old and gray and full of sleep And nodding by the fire take down this book And slowly read and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once and of their shadows deep.

Other favourite Irish poems. Upon reading a courtly poem one is able to feel the poets utter reverence for the lady of his heart a kind of devotion that is religious and holy to an extent. Both bring up deep and profound feelings. Discover and share Irish Love Quotes And Poems.

Whether its a story told through prose painting or poetry we have a certain affinity with the arts. Of the love that knows no wrong. The Angels Whisper by Samuel Lover The Banshee by John Todhunter The Battle of Benburb by Robert Dwyer Joyce Come to me Dearest by Joseph Brenan Distance by John Boyle OReilly The Famine Year by Jane Wilde Flowers I Would Bring by Aubrey Thomas de Vere The Irish Peasant Girl by Charles Kickham. Anonymous This 1516th old Gaelic poem makes a very intimate Irish wedding poem.

And whether he loves me or loves me not I will walk with my love now and then. Could I love thee dear so true Were not Honour more than you. Thomas Moore The Last Rose of Summer. Traditional Irish Love poem I once loved a boy just a bold Irish boy who would come and would go at my request.

Over the centuries Irish people have not just come up with 100s of Irish proverbs and wisdom we also managed to create quite a few Irish sayings about love. Below we introduce ten classic poems by some of the greatest Irish poets who have ever lived. No sickness worse than secret love Its long alas since I pondered that No more delay. Love songs and poems of the great Irish writers for Valentines Day Looking for something special for the inside of your Valentines Day card.

One thing Irish culture is known for is our remarkable ability to tell a story. Tis the last rose of summer. I found it in Sean Lucys 1967 anthology Love Poems of the Irish.