| THOMASMOORE | Irish poet noted for his Irish Melodies (1807-34), including 'The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls', 'The Minstrel Boy' etc. (6,5) |
| TARAS | Thomas Moore's "The Harp That Once Through ___ Halls!" |
| IRELAND | With national symbols including the harp (official) and shamrock (floral), the country known as the Emerald Isle (7) |
| LYRA | Constellation known as the Harp that contains Vega |
| HARP | "The ... that once through Tara's halls" (4) |
| SPENSER | Poet noted for his portrayal of virtues through knights' quests in The Faerie Queene and a series of 12 eclogues named after months in The Shepheardes Calender (7) |
| EDWARDLEAR | English poet noted for his poems The Jumblies and The Dong With A Luminous Nose (6,4) |
| BINYON | Laurence, English poet noted for his poem For The Fallen (6) |
| LONGFELLOW | Henry Wadsworth, U.S. poet noted for his poem about the lovers Hiawatha and Minnehaha (10) |
| THOM | ____ Gunn, poet noted for his 1992 collection The Man With Night Sweats (4) |
| EXPERIMENT | Put to the test once through the agency of fellows without it |
| AEOLIAN | Type of harp that sounds when a current of air passes through it (7) |
| EDMUND | ____ Spenser, poet noted for his epic work The Faerie Queene (6) |
| YEATS | W. B. ___, poet noted for his poem The Second Coming (5) |
| MARVELL | Andrew ___, poet noted for his poem To His Coy Mistress |
| ANACREON | Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine (8) |
| SIMONIDES | Ancient Greek poet noted for his songs of lamentation and odes to victory (9) |
| FROST | Robert - - -, American poet noted for his lyrical verse on country life in New England (5) |
| THOREAU | Henry David, U.S. poet noted for his book Walden about simple living in nature (7) |
| ROBERTFROST | American poet noted for his lyrical verse on country life in New England (6,5) |
