1. A Poem To Be Said on Hearing the Birds Sing by Dr. Douglas Hyde. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse

Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

1. A Poem To Be Said on Hearing the Birds Sing

By Dr. Douglas Hyde (Translated)


A FRAGRANT prayer upon the air
My child taught me,
Awaken there, the morn is fair,
The birds sing free;
Now dawns the day, awake and pray,	5
And bend the knee;
The Lamb who lay beneath the clay
Was slain for thee.