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MAYO, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There's a wide sea flowing and a deep river going
Last Line: Over your shining plains, mayo.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Ireland; Mayo (county), Ireland; Sea; Travel; Irish; Ocean; Journeys; Trips


THERE'S a wide sea flowing and a deep river going
Betwixt you and me, Mayo,
And there's no bridge over, and past all recover
Are the days of long ago.

But O it's dear you are, and O it's fair you are!
As I go to and fro
I see the great skies of you; the fall and rise of you
Are like my heart, Mayo!

Your great skies arching and your mountains marching,
Like Kings to the sea they go;
Croagh Patrick and Nephin have scarce their like in Heaven.
O the grandeur of your mountains, Mayo!

The wind from the ocean comes with a wild commotion
Over bogs I used to know;
Rose and bronze and azure, like a great King's treasure,
The colours of your bogs, Mayo.

Was I ever fretful, of your beauty forgetful,
Were the days ever sad and slow,
When he and I, together, walked in the wild weather
Your roads and your fields, Mayo?

There's a blue sea by Achill and a long heather hill;
My heart keeps sighing soft and low;
But we'll never come again in the sun or in the rain
Over your shining plains, Mayo.





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