| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | On an Island | | By John Millington Synge (1871–1909) |
| | | YOU’VE pluck’d a curlew, drawn a hen, | |
| Wash’d the shirts of seven men, | |
| You’ve stuff’d my pillow, stretch’d the sheet, | |
| And fill’d the pan to wash your feet, | |
| You’ve coop’d the pullets, wound the clock, | 5 |
| And rinsed the young men’s drinking crock; | |
| And now we’ll dance to jigs and reels, | |
| Nail’d boots chasing girls’ naked heels, | |
| Until your father’ll start to snore, | |
| And Jude, now you’re married, will stretch on the floor. | 10 | | | |
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