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IN IRELAND: 2. BY THE POOL AT THE THIRD ROSES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HEARD THE SIGHING OF THE REEDS
Last Line: IS CRYING TO COME BACK AGAIN?
Subject(s): IRELAND; IRISH;
I heard the sighing of the reeds
In the grey pool in the green land,
The sea-wind in the long reeds sighing
Between the green hill and the sand.

I heard the sighing of the reeds
Day after day, night after night;
I heard the whirring wild ducks flying,
I saw the sea-gulls' wheeling flight.

I heard the sighing of the reeds
Night after night, day after day,
And I forgot old age, and dying,
And youth that loves, and love's decay.

I heard the sighing of the reeds
At noontide and at evening,
And some old dream I had forgotten
I seemed to be remembering.

I hear the sighing of the reeds:
Is it in vain, is it in vain
That some old peace I had forgotten
Is crying to come back again?



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