| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
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| Good-Bye |
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| GOOD-BYE to tree and tower, | |
| To meadow, stream, and hill, | |
| Beneath the white clouds marshalled close | |
| At the wind’s will. | |
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| Good-bye to the gay garden, | 5 |
| With prim geraniums pied, | |
| And spreading yew trees, old, unchanging | |
| Tho’ men have died. | |
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| Good-bye to the New Castle, | |
| With granite walls and grey, | 10 |
| And rooms where faded greatness still | |
| Lingers to-day. | |
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| To every friend in Mallow, | |
| When I am gone afar, | |
| These words of ancient Celtic hope, | 15 |
| “Peace after war.” | |
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| I would return to Erin | |
| When all these wars are by, | |
| Live long among her hills before | |
| My last good-bye. | 20 |
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