Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Poems of Fancy: III. Mythical: Mystical: LegendaryFar-Away
George Sigerson (18361925)A
When Morn alights on meads of May,
Faint voices fill the western breeze
With whisp’ring songs from Far-Away.
Oh, dear the dells of Dunamore,
A home is odorous Ossory;
But sweet as honey, running o’er,
The Golden Shore of Far-Away!
Perfumes with joy the azure air;
And he who feels it fears not Death,
Nor longer heeds the hounds of Care.
Oh, soft the skies of Seskinore,
And mild is meadowy Mellaray;
But sweet as honey, running o’er,
The Golden Shore of Far-Away.
Falls, like diamond-showers above
That in the radiant day of June
Renew a world of Youth and Love.
Oh, fair the founts of Farranfore,
And bright is billowy Ballintrae;
But sweet as honey, running o’er,
The Golden Shore of Far-Away.
Oh, sing, sweet Bird, thy magic lay,
Till all the world be young with me,
And Love shall lead us far away.
Oh, dear the dells of Dunamore,
A home is odorous Ossory;
But sweet as honey, running o’er
The Golden Shore of Far-Away.