Had I A Golden Pound (After The Irish)

Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)



Had I a golden pound to spend,
My love should mend and sew no more.
And I would buy her a little quern,
Easy to turn on the kitchen floor.

And for her windows curtains white,
With birds in flight and flowers in bloom,
To face with pride the road to town,
And mellow down her sunlit room.

And with the silver change we'd prove
The truth of Love to life's own end,
With hearts the years could but embolden,
Had I a golden pound to spend.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abcb xdcd xacA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 89
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Francis Ledwidge

Francis Edward Ledwidge was an Irish war poet from County Meath. more…

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