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PINK DAISIES by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN

First Line: A COUPLE AV CHILDER PLAYED OUT IN A FIELD
Last Line: AY, AN' TRUDGED THE LONE BOREEN!—
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DAISIES; FLOWERS; GARDENS & GARDENING; GRIEF; MEMORY; SOLITUDE; CHILDHOOD; SORROW; SADNESS; LONELINESS;

A couple av childer played out in a field,
A blowin' wee clocks for the hours;
They chased a white butterfly roun' the may-bloom;
They gather'd the buttercup flow'rs!—

But when they made a daisy-chain,
My eyes wor mistin', tears, like rain:
Och! years had dimmed thon patch av green!—
'Twas wee broke chains—pink chains I seen,
As I tramped along the lane;
Ay, an' trudged the lone boreen!—



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