The city clocks ..., [ca. 1953].

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The city clocks ..., [ca. 1953].

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Manuscript poem, signed by Colum and headed "for Esther Bates", on the front free endpaper of her copy of The collected poems of Padraic Colum (New York: Devin-Adair, 1953). The text varies from the version printed on p. 141 of the book with title "The city clocks": lines 2 and 10, "the" (p. 141: "their"); line 6, "Looming clock that has changed a figure" (p. 141: "Looming clocks that have changed the figure"); line 12, "tell" (p. 141: "say").

1 leaf ; 22 cm.

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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972

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Padraic Colum was a noted playwright, essayist, novelist, poet, and author of books for children. Born on December 8, 1881, in Longford, Ireland, Colum came to the United States in 1914 and died on January 12, 1972, in Enfield, Connecticut. Though Colum worked briefly for a railroad, he became a full-time writer in Dublin, Ireland, in 1901. He was a founder of the Irish National Theatre (later known as the Abbey Theatre), and co-founder and editor for a time of the Irish Review. From...