Sir Samuel Ferguson Gold Poems
- 1. The Fairy Thorn
“Get up, our Anna dear, from the weary spinning-wheel;
For your father's on the hill, and your mother is asleep;
Come up above the crags, and we'll dance a Highland reel
Around the Fairy Thorn on the steep.”
... - 2. Cean Dubh Deelish
Put your head, darling, darling, darling,
Your darling black head my heart above;
O mouth of honey, with thyme for fragrance,
Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love?
... - 3. Cashel Of Munster
From the Irish
I'd wed you without herds, without money or rich array,
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