| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 73. A Call |
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| DUSK its ash-grey blossoms sheds on violet skies, | |
| Over twilight mountains where the heart songs rise, | |
| Rise and fall and fade away from earth to air. | |
| Earth renews the music sweeter. Oh, come there. | |
| Come, acushla, come, as in ancient times | 5 |
| Rings aloud the underland with faery chimes. | |
| Down the unseen ways as strays each tinkling fleece | |
| Winding ever onward to a fold of peace, | |
| So my dreams go straying in a land more fair; | |
| Half I tread the dew-wet grasses, half wander there. | 10 |
| Fade your glimmering eyes in a world grown cold; | |
| Come, acushla, with me to the mountains old. | |
| There the bright ones call us waving to and fro— | |
| Come, my children, with me to the ancient go. | |
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