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Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

By Francis Ledwidge

78. Ardan Mór

AS I was climbing Ardan Mór

From the shore of Sheelin lake,

I met the herons coming down

Before the water’s wake.

And they were talking in their flight

Of dreamy ways the herons go

When all the hills are withered up

Nor any waters flow.