88. In Spain by Emily Lawless. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse

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

88. In Spain

By Emily Lawless


YOUR sky is a hard and a dazzling blue,
Your earth and sands are a dazzling gold,
And gold or blue is the proper hue,
You say for a swordsman bold.

In the land I have left the skies are cold,	5
The earth is green, the rocks are bare,
yet the devil may hold all your blue and your gold
Were I only once back there!