Two Songs

I will come no more awhile,

Song-time is over.

A fire is burning in my heart,

I was ever a rover.

You will hear me no more awhile,

The birds are dumb,

And a voice in the distance calls" Come," and " Come."Poem Dated:

December 13th, 1916.

This poem taken from "Last Songs" by Francis Ledwidge,

Published by Herbert Jenkins,

London 1918 page 38checked and verified JS