THERE is a shadow on the head I love, There is a danger lurks thy path upon, It murmurs low as coos the mating dove, It calls in grey and gathered clouds above, For thee, for thee, Kathleen ni-Houlihan. It hides in seas that beat about thy shores, The wind in passing whispers and is gone, And the brown leaf no summer will restore, Flutters this cry on Winter's russet floor, Danger to thee, Kathleen ni-Houlihan. God of the seas disperse the gathered gloom, God of the skies smile her sweet path upon, God of the earth this danger swift entomb, Slay the wild beast that creeps to bring her doom. Save her, save her, Kathleen ni-Houlihan! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LITTLE BOY LOST, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12 by THOMAS CAMPION RAIN MUSIC by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. TWO RED ROSES ACROSS THE MOON by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 2: 7. TO THE BODY by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE FAIRIES' SONG by THOMAS RANDOLPH ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 90 by PHILIP SIDNEY IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 96 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 8. THE CABLE HYMN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |