Ireland unfreed Poems and verses written in the early months of 1921 by Sir William Watson |
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THE VISION |
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THE VISION
I looked forth through the Void,And a dark Hand did draw
From the near West a curtain, and I saw
Dull Tyranny, on the breath of Folly upbuoyed;
And a blind surgeon, Statecraft, there employed
To keep the wounds of Ireland ever raw;
And Rapine, masked as Order, his vast maw
With vengeance still uncloyed;
And round these forms, a dance of lawless Law
O'er Liberty Destroyed.
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