Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | II. Parting and Absence | | Kathleen Mavourneen | | Louisa Macartney Crawford (1790–1858) |
| | | KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN! the gray dawn is breaking, | |
| The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill; | |
| The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,— | |
| Kathleen Mavourneen! what, slumbering still? | |
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| Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever? | 5 |
| Oh! hast thou forgotten this day we must part? | |
| It may be for years, and it may be forever! | |
| Oh, why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart? | |
| Oh! why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen? | |
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| Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers! | 10 |
| The blue mountains glow in the sun’s golden light; | |
| Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? | |
| Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! | |
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| Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, | |
| To think that from Erin and thee I must part! | 15 |
| It may be for years, and it may be forever! | |
| Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart? | |
| Then why art thou silent, Kathleen Mavourneen? | | | | |
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