Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Glengariff | | Sweet Glengariff’s Water | | Robert Dwyer Joyce (1830–1883) |
| | | WHERE wildfowl swim upon the lake | |
| At morning’s early shining, | |
| I ’m sure, I ’m sure, my heart will break | |
| With sadness and repining. | |
| As I went out one morning sweet, | 5 |
| I met a farmer’s daughter, | |
| With gown of blue, and milk-white feet, | |
| By sweet Glengariff’s water. | |
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| Her jet-black locks, with wavy shine, | |
| Fell sweetly on her shoulder, | 10 |
| And, ah! they make my heart repine | |
| Till I again behold her. | |
| She smiled, and passed me strangely by, | |
| Though fondly I besought her, | |
| And long I ’ll rue her laughing eye | 15 |
| By sweet Glengariff’s water. | |
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| Where wildfowl swim upon the lake | |
| At morning’s early splendor, | |
| Each day my lonely path I ’ll take, | |
| With thoughts full sad and tender; | 20 |
| I ’ll meet my love, and sure she ’ll stay | |
| To hear the tale I ’ve brought her, | |
| To marry me this merry May | |
| By sweet Glengariff’s water. | | | | |
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