Michael Earls True Poems
- 1. The Columbine
Gray lonely rocks about thee stand,
Ignored of sun and dew,
Yet is thy breath upon the land,
To thy vocation true.
... - 2. His Light
Gray mist on the sea,
And the night coming down,
She stays with sorrow
In a far town.
... - 3. The Towers Of Holy Cross
(For W. M. Letts)
The roads look up to Holy Cross,
... - 4. The Philosophers
The best of true philosophers
Are the children, after all,--
The children with laughing hearts
And the serious field and ball:
... - 5. The Tree In The Tenement Yard
(For T. A. Daly)
America, Ireland and Italy,
... - 6. The Bonnie Prince O' Spring
The little green soldiers are here at last,
With their waving blades and spears;
And across the hills they are marching fast
With the drill of a thousand years:
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