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Poem by Francis Ledwidge


In France


THE silence of maternal hills
Is round me in my evening dreams;
And round me music-making rills
And mingling waves of pastoral streams.

Whatever way I turn I find
The path is old unto me still.
The hills of home are in my mind,
And there I wander as I will. 



Francis Ledwidge


Francis Ledwidge's other poems:
  1. Old Clo
  2. Lament for Thomas Mcdonagh
  3. Ceol Sidhe
  4. After Court Martial
  5. Lady Fair


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