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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 537 |
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But ere we reach the Magic Well The glory fades across the seas;
A wind from earth revokes thy spell, A wind that moans and stirs the trees;
I see their shadowy branches wave Athwart my window in the gloom,
Scarce yet^awake, while gray and grave : The light of morning fills the room.
Outside the sky is rose and gold The dead moon slowly drifts away,
My dream is done, for loud and bold The dawn-lord sounds the trump of day. |
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THE STAR OF KNOWLEDGE
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HOU hast the golden glory of the day For trailing garment worn by women-folk, And night about thee, like a purple cloak, But evermore thy head is turned away; Austere thou goest where the starry spray Beats on the verge of time with rhythmic stroke. Far off I follow, for my soul awoke And knew thee passing without smile or stay. Once face to face with thee Odysseus came In the lone island where the gods had hurled His ship to ruin on an alien sea ! And I may reach thee, Ashless Heart of Flame, When I have wrecked for thee the narrow world Fate built about me, and my soul is'free. |
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