Possible Clues:

• "___ better to have loved and lost . . ."
• Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes"
• 'Angela's Ashes' sequel
• "— folly to be wise"
• It is, to Tennyson
• McCourt title
• McCourt work
• "My country, ___ of thee . . ."
• '''Tain't'' rebuttal
• Quaint confirmation