| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 159. Love on the Mountain |
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| By Thomas Boyd |
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| MY LOVE comes down from the mountain | |
| Through the mists of dawn; | |
| I look, and the star of the morning | |
| From the sky is gone. | |
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| My love comes down form the mountain, | 5 |
| At dawn, dewy-sweet; | |
| Did you step from the star to the mountain, | |
| O little white feet? | |
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| O whence came your twining tresses | |
| And your shining eyes, | 10 |
| But out of the gold of the morning | |
| And the blue of the skies? | |
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| The misty morning is burning | |
| In the sun’s red fire, | |
| And the heart in my breast is burning | 15 |
| And lost in desire. | |
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| I follow you into the valley | |
| But no word can I say; | |
| To the East or the West I will follow | |
| Till the dusk of my day. | 20 |
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