119. To a Dead Poet by Eleanor Rogers Cox. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse

Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

119. To a Dead Poet

By Eleanor Rogers Cox


I SPEAK your name—a magic thing—
Jocund April takes my hand,
Golden birds begin to sing,
Laughter fills the silver land.

I speak your name—a Matin bell—	5
Buoyant, godlike, you arise—
Flinging far the slumber-spell
Laid upon your heart and eyes.

I speak your name—and Summer’s here—
Glad beyond all Summers gone—	10
And you are shining like the spear
God fashioned in His first day’s dawn.