Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Killarney, the Lakes | | Kate Kearney | | Anonymous |
| | | O, SHOULD you e’er meet with Kate Kearney, | |
| Who lives near the lakes of Killarney, | |
| Of her dark eyes beware, for love’s witching snare | |
| Lies hid in the glance of Kate Kearney. | |
| For those eyes, so seducingly beaming, | 5 |
| Will kill ere of mischief you ’re dreaming; | |
| And who dares to view her cheek’s rosy hue | |
| Must die by the spell of Kate Kearney! | |
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| At eve, should you meet this Kate Kearney, | |
| On the balm-breathing banks of Killarney, | 10 |
| Of her smile, O, beware, for fatal ’s the snare | |
| Concealed in the smile of Kate Kearney. | |
| Though her hair o’er her snowy neck ’s streaming, | |
| Her looks with simplicity teeming, | |
| Beware ere you sip the balm from her lip, | 15 |
| For fatal ’s the breath of Kate Kearney! | | | | |
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