| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 151. The Doves |
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| By Katherine Tynan |
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| THE house where I was born, | |
| Where I was young and gay, | |
| Grows old amid its corn, | |
| Amid its scented hay. | |
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| Moan of the cushat dove, | 5 |
| In silence rich and deep; | |
| The old head I love | |
| Nods to its quiet sleep. | |
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| Where once were nine and ten | |
| Now two keep house together; | 10 |
| The doves moan and complain | |
| All day in the still weather. | |
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| What wind, bitter and great, | |
| Has swept the country’s face, | |
| Altered, made desolate | 15 |
| The heart-remembered place? | |
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| What wind, bitter and wild, | |
| Has swept the towering trees | |
| Beneath whose shade a child | |
| Long since gathered heartease? | 20 |
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| Under the golden eaves | |
| The house is still and sad, | |
| As though it grieves and grieves | |
| For many a lass and lad. | |
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| The cushat doves complain | 25 |
| All day in the still weather; | |
| Where once were nine or ten | |
| But two keep house together. | |
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