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Songs and Poems by George Sigerson

With an Introduction by Padraic Colum

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WHENCE?

Have you come from the Castle,
Or where have you been,
With the King at the wassail,
At the dance with the Queen?
There's a light in your eye,
And a smile upon your mouth—
What star has shone on you,
North star or south?
O the King were my vassal,
I know not the Queen,
'Mid the birds of Hy-Brasail,
'Tis there I have been;
I heard the high song
Of the fair isle of Youth,
And the Lady of the Land
Laid a kiss on my mouth.