| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 167. The Half Door |
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| By Seumas O'Sullivan |
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| DARK eyes, wonderful, strange and dear they shone | |
| A moment’s space; | |
| And wandering under the white stars I had gone | |
| In a strange place. | |
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| Over the half door careless, your white hand | 5 |
| A moment gleamed; | |
| And I was walking on some great storm-heaped strand | |
| Forever it seemed. | |
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| I would give all that glory to see once more, | |
| A moment’s space, | 10 |
| Your eyes gleam strange and dark above the half door, | |
| Your Hand’s white grace. | |
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