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