RPO -- Francis Ledwidge : Spring and Autumn

Francis Ledwidge (1891-1917)

Spring and Autumn

1Green ripples singing down the corn,

2With blossoms dumb the path I tread,

3And in the music of the morn

4One with wild roses on her head.

5Now the green ripples turn to gold

6And all the paths are loud with rain,

7I with desire am growing old

8And full of winter pain.

Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
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Original text: The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge, intro. by Lord Dunsany (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1919): 185. British Library 011649.g.88
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 2001
Recent editing: 2:2002/2/21

Rhyme: abab

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