| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 150. In the Streets of Catania |
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| (“The streets of Catania are paved with blocks of the lava of Ætna”) |
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| By Roger Casement |
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| ALL that was beautiful and just, | |
| All that was pure and sad | |
| Went in one little, moving plot of dust | |
| The world called bad. | |
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| Came like a highwayman, and went, | 5 |
| One who was bold and gay, | |
| Left when his lightly loving mood was spent | |
| Thy heart to pay. | |
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| By-word of little street and men, | |
| Narrower theirs the shame, | 10 |
| Tread thou the lava loving leaves, and then | |
| Turn whence it came. | |
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| Ætna, all wonderful, whose heart | |
| Glows as thine throbbing glows, | |
| Almond and citron bloom quivering at start, | 15 |
| Ends in pure snows. | |
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