Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOODBYE, by NORREYS JEPHSON O'CONOR


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First Line: Goodbye to tree and tower
Last Line: My last goodbye.
Subject(s): Farewell; Ireland; Parting; Irish


Goodbye to tree and tower,
To meadow, stream, and hill,
Beneath the white clouds marshaled close
At the wind's will.

Goodbye to the gay garden,
With prim geraniums pied,
And spreading yew trees, old, unchanging
Tho' men have died.

Goodbye to the New Castle,
With granite walls and grey,
And rooms where faded greatness still
Lingers to-day.

To every friend in Mallow,
When I am gone afar,
These words of ancient Celtic hope,
"Peace after war."

I would return to Erin
When all these wars are by,
Live long among her hills before
My last goodbye.








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