Branding The Foals
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
WHY do I look for fire to brand these foals?
What do I need, when all within is fire?
And lo, she comes, carrying the lighted coals
And branding tool—she who is my desire!
What need have I for what is in her hands,
If I lay hand upon a hide it brands,
And grass, and trees, and shadows, all are fire!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 304 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
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