Severs, Kenneth

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YEATS AND GOGARTY 47he wrote, 'gives me something that I need and at this moment oftime'.l He most certainly appreciated Gogarty's gaiety andebullience and it is possible, of course, that he referred only tothese personal qualities. But after looking at Gogarty's poetry,there is good reason to believe that he was also thinking of theverse, the attraction of its themes, and the creative stimulus that itafforded.I Prcfacc in Gogarty's Ilf'ild Apples, 1930, p. 'j'.The Burial of Scyld(Beowulf 26-42 : 47-52)Forth at the fated time fared Scyld,Passed into powerful protection of gods:Carried, as he commanded, by companions close,Led long by their loved kingTo seamarge the Scylding's protector.The harbour held the high ring-prowed ship,Icy, for outward trimmed: a hero's ship.Their loved lord they laid there,The giver of gold geared in the ship's bosom,Man mourned by the mast. Much treasureFrom far ways, freight, was put there;Nor heard I of keel more comely trimmedWith war weapons, war armour,Blades and bright corselets; on his bosom layRiches without reck that must needs with himFare far into the flood's hold.Over the gold-giver a golden banner stood,High over head: him the sea must take,Given to the great flood; grieved their hearts,Mourning in mind. Men can not nowTell in truth, counsellors in hallOr men under sky, what grasped that gear.A translation 0'KENNETH SEVERS

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