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

poem 7

The Curse

To the sister of an enemy of the author's who disapproved of The Playboy of the Western World

1. Lord, confound this surly sister,
   Blight her brow with blotch and blister,
   Cramp her larynx, lung, and liver,
   In her guts a galling give her.
2. Let her live to earn her dinners
   In Mountjoy with seedy sinners:
   Lord, this judgment quickly bring,
   And I'm your servant, J. M. Synge.