Padraic Colum (18811972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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11. Had I a Golden Pound |
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By Francis Ledwidge |
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HAD I a golden pound to spend, | |
My love should mend and sew no more. | |
And I would buy her a little quern, | |
Easy to turn on the kitchen floor. | |
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And for her windows curtains white, | 5 |
With birds in flight and flowers in bloom, | |
To face with pride the road to town, | |
And mellow down her sunlit room. | |
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And with the silver change wed prove | |
The Truth of Love to lifes own end, | 10 |
With hearts the years could but embolden, | |
Had I a golden pound to spend. | |
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