| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 73. The Triad of Things Not Decreed |
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| By Alice Furlong |
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| HAPPY the stark bare wood on the hill of Bree! | |
| To its grey branch, green [symbol] the May: song after sigh: | |
| Laughter of wings where the [symbol] went with a cry | |
| My sorrow! Song after sigh comes not to me. | |
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| Happy the dry wide pastures by [symbol] | 5 |
| To them, in the speckled twiligh, dew after drouth: | |
| White clover, a fragrance in the dumb beast’s mouth. | |
| My sorrow! Dew after drouth comes not to me. | |
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| Happy Oilean Acla in the [symbol] sea! | |
| To its yellow shore, long-billowed flood after ebb: | 10 |
| Flash of the fish, silver in the soak weeds’ web, | |
| My sorrow! Flood after ebb comes not to me. | |
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