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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MACHREE, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN
First Line: Ay, we laughed among the goolden gorse
Last Line: Machree—machree!
Subject(s): Death; Solitude; Dead, The; Loneliness
First Line: Ay, we laughed among the goolden gorse
Last Line: Machree—machree!
Subject(s): Death; Solitude; Dead, The; Loneliness
Ay, we laughed among the goolden gorse—
Jist two childer on the brae—
An' set wee fairy grasses noddin'
To the gulls fernenst the bay;
Ay, I mind the quare big house beyont,
An' I mind the ould boreen;
Och! the sun kep' chasin' through the corn,
An' it trailed along the green,
Ay, troth—machree!
But 'tis like there's corn jist stiff in stooks,
An' a drizzlin' mist the day;
Troth an' ne'er a shine av goold forby,
'Mong the bracken on the brae!
Ay, I mind the quare big house beyont,
But I mind the wee wan best;—
Och 'twas wind sighed lonesome in the corn,
When we laid you down to rest
Machree—machree!
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