Poems

Denis Florence MacCarthy was an Irish poet translator and biographer. Poems Published in Dublin by M. H. Gill and Son in 1882 an extensive collection edited by the poet's son.His poems are distinguished by a sense of harmony and sympathy with natural beauty. Such poems as The Bridal of the Year Summer Longings (alias Waiting for the May) and his long narrative poem The Voyage of St. Brendan are among his most enduring works. The last-mentioned which paraphrases the Ave Maria Stella as the evening song of the sailors is also marked by the earnest religious feeling which marked its author throughout life.