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

By Seumas O’Kelly

104. The Bard on the Bodach

MAY a messenger come from the High Place of God

To bear up your soul to a throne—

But a robber be robbing him on the way back

And your fall be as dead as a stone.

May your tables be laden with jewels and gold

And your hands be upon it for proof—

When the devil whips in by your beggarly door

To tear your red soul through the roof.