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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOLLY ASTHORE, by SAMUEL FERGUSON Poet's Biography First Line: O mary dear! O mary fair! Subject(s): Nair, Plains Of (lake), Ireland | |||
O Mary dear! O Mary fair! O branch of generous stem! White blossom of the banks of Nair, Though lilies grow on them; You've left me sick at heart for love, So faint I cannot see; The candle swims the board above, I'm drunk for love of thee! O stately stem of maiden pride, My woe it is and pain That I thus severed from thy side The long night must remain. Through all the towns of Innisfail I've wandered far and wide, But from Downpatrick to Kinsale, From Carlow to Kilbride, Many lords and dames of high degree Where'er my feet have gone, My Mary, one to equal thee I never looked upon: I live in darkness and in doubt When'er my love's away; But were the gracious sun put out, Her shadow would make day. 'Tis she, indeed, young bud of bliss, As gentle as she's fair. Though lily-white her bosom is, And sunny bright her hair, And dewy azure her blue eye, And rosy red her cheek, Yet brighter she in modesty, Most beautifully meek: The world's wise men from north to south Can never cure my pain; But one kiss from her honey mouth Would make me well again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAMENT FOR [THE DEATH OF] THOMAS DAVIS by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE FAIRY THORN; AN ULSTER BALLAD by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE PRETTY GIRL OF LOCH DAN by SAMUEL FERGUSON AIDEEN'S GRAVE by SAMUEL FERGUSON GRACE O'MALY by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE BURIAL OF KING CORMAC by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE FORESTER'S COMPLAINT by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR by SAMUEL FERGUSON THE GIANT WALKER by SAMUEL FERGUSON |
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