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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NANCY WALSH (1), by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography
First Line: It is not on her gown
Last Line: And I will go with thee.
Subject(s): Beauty; Hair
First Line: It is not on her gown
Last Line: And I will go with thee.
Subject(s): Beauty; Hair
It is not on her gown
She fears to tread;
But on her hair
That tumbles down
And strays
About her ways.
And she lives nigh this place!
The dead would rise
Only to see her face!
The dead would rise
To hear her sing!
We would leave behind
Both wife and child,
And house and home;
And wander blind,
And wander thus,
And ever roam,
If she would come to us
In Erris.
Softly she said to me
-- Be patient till the night comes,
And I will go with thee.
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