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Full Title	Magdalene
Author	Kingsley, Henry, 1830-1876.
Contributor	Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957 (Illustrator)
Date Added	8 January 2014
Language	English
Publish Date	1910-01
Publisher	Dundrum : Cuala Press.
Source	Cuala Press Broadside Collection
Topic	Magdalene (Poem) Leave her Johnny (Song) Mary Magdalene, Saint > Poetry. Sailing > Songs and music. Auctions > Images.
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OCR NO. 8. SECOND YEAR A BROMISIIIE FORJANUARY, I910 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY E. C. YEATS AT THE CUALA PRESS, CHURCHTOWN, DUNDRUM, COUNTY DUBLIN. SUBSCRIPTION TWELVE SHILLINGS A YEAR POST FREE. ,- illl3>‘:9' lml‘ W“, 313‘:-M I. 11"‘ “. ‘?’Zx - -u.‘ ....uun-Ht 3 V I? Lg, -S x L‘ :LL:x M AGDALEN E Magdalene at Michael’s gate toiled at the pin. On Joseph's thorn sang the blackbird, ‘Let her in! Let her in !’ ‘Hast thou seen the wounds?’ said Michael, ‘knowest thou thy sin?’ ‘It is evening, evening,’ sang the blackbird, ‘Let her in! Let her in!’ ‘Yes, I have seen the wounds and I know the sin !’ She knows it well, well, well.’ sang the blackbird ‘Let her in! Let her in !' ‘Thou bringest no offerings?’ said Michael, ‘nought save sin?’ And the blackbird sang, ‘She is sorry, sorry, sorry. Let her in! Let her in !’ When he had sung himself to sleep and night did begin, One came and opcn’d Michael’s gate and Magdalene went in. Henry Kingsley. 300 copies only.