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IN IRELAND: 3. BY LOUGH-NA-GAR: GREEN LIGHT by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD IS OF GOLD
Last Line: THAT IS OLD AS THE EARTH IS OLD.
Subject(s): IRELAND; IRISH;
The light of the world is of gold,
But the light of the green earth fills
The nestling heart of the hills;
And the world's hours are old,
And the world's thoughts are a dream,
Here, in the ancient place
Of peace, where old sorrows seem
As the half-forgotten face
Of flower-bright cities of gold
That blossom beyond the height
Seems in the earth-green light
That is old as the earth is old.



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