With the Wild Geese By Emily Lawless: With An Introduction by Stopford A. Brooke |
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THE CORMORANT
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THE CORMORANT
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Now the seagull spreads his wing,
And the puffin seeks the shore,
Home flies every living thing,
Yo, ho! the breakers roar!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
And the puffin seeks the shore,
Home flies every living thing,
Yo, ho! the breakers roar!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
Under his bows the breakers fleet,
All alone, alone went he;
Flying alone through the blinding sleet,
Flying alone through the raging sea.
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
All alone, alone went he;
Flying alone through the blinding sleet,
Flying alone through the raging sea.
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
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Round his bark the billows roar,
Dancing along to a lonely grave;
Death behind, and Death before.
Yo, ho! the breakers rave!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
Dancing along to a lonely grave;
Death behind, and Death before.
Yo, ho! the breakers rave!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
Hark! the waves on their iron floor,
See Kilstiffin's naked brow!
Iron cliff, and iron shore,
Erin's saints preserve him now!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
See Kilstiffin's naked brow!
Iron cliff, and iron shore,
Erin's saints preserve him now!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
Hark! was that a drowning cry?
Erin's saints receive his soul!
Nothing now twixt sea and sky.
Yo, ho! the breakers roll!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
Erin's saints receive his soul!
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Yo, ho! the breakers roll!
Only the Cormorant, dark and sly,
Watches the waves with a sea-green eye.
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