77. To the Oaks of Glencree. J. M. Synge. Modern British Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

J. M. Synge. 1871–1909

77. To the Oaks of Glencree

MY arms are round you, and I lean
Against you, while the lark
Sings over us, and golden lights, and green
Shadows are on your bark.

There'll come a season when you'll stretch	5
Black boards to cover me;
Then in Mount Jerome I will lie, poor wretch,
With worms eternally.