Dora Sigerson Shorter

Dora Sigerson Shorter
Dora Sigerson Shorter (1866–1918) was an Irish poet and novelist, known for her work as part of the Irish Literary Revival. She wrote numerous poems and stories that reflected themes of Irish nationalism, folklore, and melancholy. Some of her notable works include the poetry collections "The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems" and "The Woman Who Went to Hell and Other Ballads and Legends." Sigerson Shorter was also a sculptor and married the English writer Clement Shorter, contributing significantly to both Irish literature and the Celtic Revival movement.

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This is the story of Black Earl Roderick, the story and the song of his pride and of his humbling; of the bitterness of his heart, and of the love that came to it at last; of his threatened destruction, and the strange and wonderful way of his salvation. So shall I begin and tell. He left his gray castle at the dawn of the morning, and with many a knight to bear him company rode, not eager and swift,... more...

THE FAIRY CHANGELING Dermod O’Byrne of Omah townIn his garden strode up and down;He pulled his beard, and he beat his breast;And this is his trouble and woe confessed: “The good-folk came in the night, and theyHave stolen my bonny wean away;Have put in his place a changeling,A weashy, weakly, wizen thing! “From the speckled hen nine eggs I stole,And lighting a fire of a glowing coal,I fried the... more...