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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Denis Florence Mac Carthy (1817–1882)

Mac Carthy, Denis Florence. An Irish poet; born at Dublin, 1817; died in 1882. He was a lawyer by profession, but never practiced. He won the love of his countrymen by his lyrics on Irish history and legend. Among his works are: ‘Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics’ (1850); ‘The Bell-Founder,’ etc. (new ed. 1857); ‘Underglimpses,’ etc. (1857). He wrote also ‘Early Life of Shelley’ (1872).