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32 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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WILLIAM B. McBURNEY
(------- 1902)
THE CROPPY BOY
GOOD men and true ! in this house who dwell, To a stranger bouchal, I pray you tell
Is the Priest at home ? or may he be seen ? I would speak a word with Father Green."
"The Priest's at home, boy, and may be seen; 'Tis easy speaking with Father Green ; But you must wait, till I go and see If the holy Father alone may be."
The youth has entered an empty hall — What a lonely sound has his light footfall ! And the gloomy chamber's chill and bare, With a vested Priest in a lonely chair.
The youth has knelt to tell his sins. "Nomine Dei," the youth begins : At "mea culpa" he beats his breast And in broken murmurs he speaks the rest.
"At the siege of Ross did my father fall, And at Gorey my loving brothers all. |
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