"I want to go to the Leinster hills, To the Dublin hills by the rocky shore. I want to climb to Ben-Edar's heights— I want to be home once more."
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From "Home" in The Sad Years (1918), p. 71
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Dora Sigerson Shorter
1866 – 1918
Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter ( Sigerson; 16 August 1866 – 6 January 1918) was an Irish poet and sculptor.
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