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Irish Review (Dublin) Dublin Tramcars Author(s): Thomas MacDonagh Source: The Irish Review (Dublin), Vol. 2, No. 17 (Jul., 1912), p. 247 Published by: Irish Review (Dublin) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30062846 . Accessed: 14/06/2014 06:37 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Irish Review (Dublin) is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Irish Review (Dublin). http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 91.229.229.111 on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:37:05 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Irish Review (Dublin)

Dublin TramcarsAuthor(s): Thomas MacDonaghSource: The Irish Review (Dublin), Vol. 2, No. 17 (Jul., 1912), p. 247Published by: Irish Review (Dublin)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30062846 .

Accessed: 14/06/2014 06:37

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LIGHT OF LIGHTS

God laughed also. Anew they sped Lightly through light, each hierarchy. A ringing Voice from skyward said: " The gloomy shall not come to Me. "Call those two from their darkened days "And bid them up to Heaven," It cried. But He whose ways are not our ways Knew not men wept more when these died.

DUBLIN TRAMCARS

By THOMAS MacDONAGH

I.

A sailor sitting in a tram- A face that winces in the wind- That sees and knows me what I am, That looks through courtesy and sham And sees the good and bad behind- He is not God to save or damn, Thank God, I need not wish him blind!

II.

Calvin and Chaucer I saw to-day Come into the Terenure car: Certain I am that it was they, Though someone may know them here and say What different men they are, I know their pictures-and there they sat, And passing the Catholic church at Ratgar Calvin took off his hat And blessed himself, and Chaucer at that Chuckled and looked away.

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