| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920. |
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| Moira O'Neill. |
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| 81. A Broken Song |
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| 'WHERE am I from?' From the green hills of Erin. | |
| 'Have I no song then?' My songs are all sung. | |
| 'What o' my love?' 'Tis alone I am farin'. | |
| Old grows my heart, an' my voice yet is young. | |
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| 'If she was tall?' Like a king's own daughter. | 5 |
| 'If she was fair?' Like a mornin' o' May. | |
| When she'd come laughin' 'twas the runnin' wather, | |
| When she'd come blushin' 'twas the break o' day. | |
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| 'Where did she dwell?' Where one'st I had my dwellin'. | |
| 'Who loved her best?' There's no one now will know. | 10 |
| 'Where is she gone?' Och, why would I be tellin'! | |
| Where she is gone there I can never go. | |
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