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MRS. SEUMAS MACMANUS "ETHNA CARBERY"
Anna Johnston (1866-1902)
FEITHFAILGE
THE blue lake of Devenish / I put my thousand blessings there; {The blue lake of Devenish) On shadow waters all a-stir, And on the wind-blown honeysuckle Beauty of Feithfailge's hair.
The blue lake of Devenish / . I pray, if God but grant the grace,
{The blue lake of Devenish), To win that dear enchanted place, Where spring bides in the apple-blossom, Beauty of Feithfailge's face.
The blue lake of Devenish / I vex the purple dark with sighs —
{The blue lake of Devenish) Across the world my sorrow flies, A-hunger for the gray and wistful Beauty of Feithfailge's eyes.
The blue lake of Devenish / I wander far, yet find no rest —
( The blue lake of Devenish) Sore-haunted ever, and oppressed By dreams that pillow on the snow-white Beauty of Feithfailge's breast. |
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