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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PIPER, by JAMES SULLIVAN STARKEY
First Line: A piper in the streets to-day
Last Line: For half an hour in the street to-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'sullivan, Seumas
Subject(s): Pipers
First Line: A piper in the streets to-day
Last Line: For half an hour in the street to-day.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'sullivan, Seumas
Subject(s): Pipers
A piper in the streets to-day
Set up, and turned, and started to play,
And away, away, away on the tide
Of his music we started; on every side
Doors and windows were opened wide,
And men left down their work and came,
And women with petticoats coloured like flame.
And little bare feet that were blue with cold,
Went dancing back to the age of gold,
And all the world went gay, went gay,
For half an hour in the street to-day.
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