Poems by Padraic Colum
The Landing
... One half on the high ship's bulwark, ...
Dedication: To M. C. M. C.
... Who knows Whence come the waters that fill cup and palm ...
Young Girl: Annam
... My heart Teaches me loving words to use, ...
Bird Of Paradise
... She lives a thing enthralled ...
The Terrible Robber Men
... Oh what does the fox carry over the rye, ...
Swift's Pastoral
... A story that has for its background Saint Patrick's Purgatory ...
The Old College
... We, all bare exiles, soldiers, scholars, priests ...
Branding The Foals
... And grass, and trees, and shadows, all are fire! ...
Legend
... On which your dream has power: ...
Pigeons
... n they have departed, going without after-thoughts, going over that green, alluring element, the sea ...
Monkeys
... hemisphere the apes lilliputian ...
Song Of Starlings
... Tells of the children's doings: we hear the starlings ...
The Sister's Lullaby
... Has called the wood quest: ...
Girls Spinning
... Here's a health unto my darling and to them she makes her own: ...
Asses
... Their manes and tails streaming, and they standing still, ...
