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DESIDERIA by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON

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First Line: THE ANGELS OF THE SUNLIGHT CLOTHE
The angels of the sunlight clothe

In England the corn's golden ears,

Round me: yet would that I to-day
The angels of the sunlight clothe
Saw sunlight on the Hill of Howth,
In England the corn's golden ears,
And sunlight on the Golden Spears,
Round me: yet would that I to-day
And sunlight upon Dublin Bay.
Saw sunlight on the Hill of Howth,

And sunlight on the Golden Spears,

And sunlight upon Dublin Bay.
In hunger of the heart I loathe

These happy fields: I turn with tears

Of love and longing, far away:
In hunger of the heart I loathe
To where the heathered Hill of Howth
These happy fields: I turn with tears
Stands guardian, with the Golden Spears,
Of love and longing, far away:
Above the blue of Dublin Bay.
To where the heathered Hill of Howth

Stands guardian, with the Golden Spears,

Above the blue of Dublin Bay.
-1894






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