The Wind That Shakes the Barley

[Bo Press] Joyce, Robert Dwyer; Pat Sweet, book artist

Verlag: Bo Press Miniature Books n.d., Riverside, CA

Beschreibung

Hardcover. A charming miniature book from this well-known private press. Pat Sweet is noted for her many and varied miniature books and objects. This poem is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836 1883), a Limerick-born poet. The poem, first published in 1861, tells the story of an Irish rebel from County Wexford who leaves his lover behind to help fight against British colonial rule. The growth of the barley crop every year in the spring is said to symbolize Irish resistance to British oppression. "I sat within a valley green, I sat there with my true love, My sad heart strove the two between, The old love and the new love, - The old for her, the new that made Me think of Ireland dearly, While soft the wind blew down the glade And shook the golden barley." With several illustrations of barley. Printed and bound in Mohawk Superfine paper, with a white dust jacket of the same paper. In fine condition. Measures 2 x 3 inches. Unpaginated [34 pages]. MINIAT/091323. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 37462

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Verlag: Bo Press Miniature Books n.d., Riverside, CA

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag