Katharine Tynan (1859 - 1931)

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Katharine Tynan was born in Dublin, Ireland on 23rd January 1859. She was the daughter of a cattle farmer and spent most of her childhood on his farms. She was a keen reader and began writing poetry whilst in her teens. In 1884 she fell in lve with Oxford graduate Charles Fagan. The melancholy love poetry she wrote following his death a year later aptly demonstrates her ability to convey deep feeling. In 1886 she met W.B. Yeats and they became life-long friends. He even proposed to her a.. Continue..

Some of Katharine Tynan Poems

A Gardener-Sage

Adveniat Regnum Tuum

Any Woman

Blessings

Easter

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