Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MARY BURKE, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN


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First Line: Och! Shure 'tis well I mind the day
Last Line: Mary burke—mary burke!
Subject(s): Angels; Death - Children; Dreams; Heaven; Love; Death - Babies; Nightmares; Paradise


Och! shure 'tis well I mind the day
Whin out we set for Galway Bay;
The sun was shinin' on yer brow—
I sees it all as if 'twas now!
To Ballyvaughan off we wint,
The gladdest day I ever spint—
Mary Burke—Mary Burke!

An' so we talked o' times to come,
An' how we'd have our little home;
The smile o' God was in your eyes,
An' thin the moon begin to rise—
Your hand was lyin' close in mine,
As down I dhropped the fishin'-line—
Mary Burke—Mary Burke!

An' whin we come to Galway town,
Childer was sleepin' safe an' soun'—
Your cheeks was like two roses bright,
As home I wint an' bid good-night;
An' all my dreams was thoughts av you,
Till flow'rs shone out wid mornin' dew—
Mary Burke—Mary Burke!

But since ye've reached the goolden shore—
'Twas angels called you, shure, asthore!—
The lights looks quinch'd in Galway town.
But eyes from Heav'n is beamin' down
To speed me on, on Galway Bay,
Until 'tis you, an' God I'll see!—
Mary Burke—Mary Burke!





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