The Fair Maid of Connaught
Hughes, Kate Duval Excerpt from The Fair Maid of Connaught: And Other Tales for Catholic Youth"Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal, 'Dust thou art, to dust returneth, 'Was not spoken of the soul."Kathleen stood in the doorway. A truly beautiful picture she made, the tall, strong, yet lithe form, draped in the dark blue cloak, the hood falling back from a head whose contour and features were purely classical in their beauty. The limpid whi...