Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAUREEN, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN


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MAUREEN, by                    
First Line: Ay, yonder the thrushes is pipin' now
Last Line: Maureen—maureen!
Subject(s): Absence; Death - Children; Flowers; Girls; Graves; Heaven; Roses; Separation; Isolation; Death - Babies; Tombs; Tombstones; Paradise


Ay, yonder the thrushes is pipin' now,
'Way up the wee boreen;
But maybe 'tis lonesome enough they'll look
Waitin' on my Maureen!
An' rosies is climbin' roun' hedges the day,
An' peepin' down by, for to smell the new hay:
Och but sure the wee child does be far away—
Maureen—Maureen!

An' down in the glen they're whistlin' a tune—
The tune you loved, Maureen;
But sad is yon grass that grows on a grave—
Ay, grass so young an' green!
Och circus wee ponies is jinglin' in town,
An' swallows is wheelin' an' twitt'rin aroun',
Ay, but sure av your voice for to hear wan soun',
Maureen—Maureen!





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