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“Blind Dog” by
Patrick Kavanagh
🇮🇪
(
21 Oct 1904
–
30 Nov 1967
)
I follow the blind dog
Over the twisted trail,
Bled by the wild-rose thorns
Where he lashes his comet tail.
I follow the blind dog,
Crying to my star: O star
Of a passionate pagan’s desire,
Lead me to the truths that are.