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Selected poems by John Millington Synge (Author: John Millington Synge)

poem 3

To the Oaks of Glencree

1. My arms are round you, and I lean
   Against you, while the lark
   Sings over us, and golden lights, and green
   Shadows are on your bark.
2. There'll come a season when you'll stretch
   Black boards to cover me;
   Then in Mount Jerome I will lie, poorwretch,
   With worms eternally.

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