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# The town down the river; a book of poems/The Revealer

THE REVEALER
(ROOSEVELT)
He turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion . . . And the men of the city said unto him, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion?—Judges, 14.
The palms of Mammon have disowned The gift of our complacency; The bells of ages have intoned Again their rhythmic irony; And from the shadow, suddenly, 'Mid echoes of decrepit rage, The seer of our necessity Confronts a Tyrian heritage.
Equipped with unobscured intent He smiles with lions at the gate, Acknowledging the compliment Like one familiar with his fate; The lions, having time to wait, Perceive a small cloud in the skies, Whereon they look, disconsolate, With scared, reactionary eyes.
A shadow falls upon the land,— They sniff, and they are like to roar; For they will never understand What they have never seen before. They march in order to the door, Not knowing the best thing to seek, Nor caring if the gods restore The lost composite of the Greek.
The shadow fades, the light arrives, And ills that were concealed are seen; The combs of long-defended hives Now drip dishonored and unclean; No Nazarite or Nazarene Compels our questioning to prove The difference that is between Dead lions—or the sweet thereof.
But not for lions, live or dead, Except as we are all as one, Is he the world's accredited Revealer of what we have done; What You and I and Anderson Are still to do is his reward; If we go back when he is gone— There is an Angel with a Sword.
He cannot close again the doors That now are shattered for our sake; He cannot answer for the floors We crowd on, or for walls that shake; He cannot wholly undertake The cure of our immunity; He cannot hold the stars, or make Of seven years a century.
So Time will give us what we earn Who flaunt the handful for the whole, And leave us all that we may learn Who read the surface for the soul; And we'll be steering to the goal, For we have said so to our sons: When we who ride can pay the toll, Time humors the far-seeing ones.
Down to our nose's very end We see, and are invincible,— Too vigilant to comprehend The scope of what we cannot sell; But while we seem to know as well As we know dollars, or our skins, The Titan may not always tell Just where the boundary begins.
# Things Japanese/Cats

London: John Murray, pages 85–86
​Cats. As one of the first questions asked by every observant traveller landing at Yokohama refers to the tailless, or more properly short-tailed, Japanese cats, let it be known that the peculiarity is a natural one. The bones are all there, but not normally developed; hence the atrophied appearance of the tail. It is true, however, that the habit of seeing only tailless cats has engendered such a prejudice in their favour that, should a litter chance to be born with one long-tailed kitten, somebody will generally take upon himself to chop the tail off to a respectable shortness. The popular objection to long-tailed cats has doubtless been augmented by the snaky aspect of a normal cat's tail when waved from side to side, and by the superstition that there exist cats furnished with one or several long tails, and possessing the power of bewitching human beings after the manner of foxes and badgers (see Article on Demoniacal Possession). Note, however, that the objection to long-tailed cats does not prevail throughout the country. It is confined to certain provinces. Another superstition calling for notice is the lucky character attributed by seafaring men to tortoise-shell tom-cats. The master of a junk will pay almost any price to obtain one, and thus secure immunity from shipwreck. In this case, it is probably the rarity of the animal ​that has given it its fictitious value; for though tortoise-shell cats exist in considerable numbers, they are—for some unexplained reason—almost all tabbies.
Among Europeans an irreverent person may sometimes be heard to describe an ugly, cross old woman as a cat. In Japan, the land of topsy-turvydom, that nickname is colloquially applied to the youngest and most attractive,—the singing-girls. The reason is that singing girls bewitch men with their artful, sham coy ways, like the magic cats alluded to above. For a similar reason, fair women one degree lower still in the scale are called foxes, while the male buffoons or jesters, whose talents help to make the fun fast and furious at a spree, are termed badgers.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Perry, Major William

​PERRY, Major William, D.L., Co. Tipperary; Major late Royal Irish Regt.; eldest son of late Samuel Perry, D.L., J.P. of Woodrooff, Co. Tipperary; b. 1869; m. 1898, Emily Dorothea Mary Clare, eldest dau. of late Lt.-Col. Hy. Arthur Boyse, of Bannow House, Co. Wexford. Res.: Woodrooff, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Pery, Hon. Edmund Colquhoun

​PERY, Hon. Edmund Colquhoun, D.S.O. (1918), B.A. (Oxford); Major City of London Yeomanry; served in European War 1914-18. Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford; b. 16 Oct., 1888; son of 3rd Earl of Limerick and Isabella, dau. of James de Colquhoun; heir pres. to 4th Earl of Limerick. Res.: 40 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, S.W. Clubs: Carlton, Cavendish.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Peyton, Thomas Henry

​PEYTON, Thomas Henry, D.S.O. (1916). Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.F.) (ret.); M.A., M.D., D.P.H. (Dublin University), L.M., Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; Chief Tuberculosis Physician and Deputy County Medical Officer of Health, Cheshire County Council; Medical Adviser to Joint Sanatorium Committee for Cheshire and County Boroughs of Chester, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Stockport, and Stoke-on-Trent; Medical Adviser Wrenbury Hill Training and Employment Colony; Chairman Tuberculosis Group, Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health, and Group Representative on Council; b. 15th May, 1884; third son of John Hamilton Peyton, J.P., Castlebar, Co. Mayo (Peyton's of Laheen, Co. Leitrim); m. Joyce Mary, only dau. of James Taylor, J.P, Heathercliffe, Helsby, Cheshire, and has issue one dau. Educ.: Corrig School (Bousfield's) Kingstown; Trinity College, Dublin University (Honours); Royal City of Dublin Hospital (Wheeler Gold Medallist, 1905-06); Late Resident Medical Superintendent, Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Ireland; Honorary Roëntgen Rayist, Royal City of Dublin Hospital; Anaesthetist Incorporated Dental Hospital for Ireland; Demonstrator of Anatomy, T.C.D.; School Medical Inspector, Kent County Council and Borough of Maidstone; District ​Tuberculosis Officer, West Riding of Yorkshire; Commissioned Territorial Force, 1909; served European War (1914-1919); in France and Flanders 1914-1915; Salonica 1916-1918 (Despatches, thrice; D.S.O., Greek Military Medal with Star, 1918); commanded 81st Field Ambulance and 16th Corps Convalescent Depot; Sanitary Officer Ypres, 2nd Army, 1915. Pubns. Reports and original articles in Medical and Scientific Journals. Res.: Oak Lea, Hoole, Chester, and County Public Health Department, 43 Forigate Street, Chester.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Pierse, Rev. Garrett

​PIERSE, Rev. Garrett, D.D., B.C.L . b. Listowel, Co. Kerry; educ. at St, Michael's College and St. Brendan's Seminary, Killarney; Strassburg, and other Continental Universities; Professor of Dogmatic Theology and Homiletics at the St. Paul Seminary, Minn., U.S.A., 1910-4; Professor of Senior Dogmatic Theology at Maynooth College from 1914. Author of The Mass in the Infant Church. Contributor to various reviews. Res.: St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Persse, Major William Arthur

​PERSSE, Major William Arthur, D.L., J.P. Co. Limerick; Major late R.A.; served with Manipore Expedition 1891 Son of late Major William Norton Persse, R.A., of Roxborough, Co. Galway; b. 1863; m. 1894, Katherine, dau. of Lt.-Col. H. J. W. Gehle, R.E. Res.: Beechmount, Ratlikeale, Co. Limerick.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Pery, Hon. Harry de Vere

​PERY, Hon. Harry de Vere, J.P. Cos. Limerick and Dublin; late Capt. 5th Batt. Royal Munster Fus.; formerly Sub-Lieut. R.N.; Resident Magistrate in Ireland (ret.; served on W. Coast of Africa, Ashantee War, 1873; sixth son of 2nd Earl of Limerick; b. 1851; m. 1874, Harriet, dau. of late R. Knox, C. of Good Hope. Res.: 5 The Green Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Phelan, Nicholas Francis

​PHELAN, Nicholas Francis (M.P. for Tipperary East, Waterford Co. and Waterford City from 1922).
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Phelps, John Vandeleur

​PHELPS, John Vandeleur, J.P., Co. Clare (High Sheriff 1889). Eldest son of late J. L. Phelps, J.P., of Waterpark, and Broadford, Co. Clare; b. 1866; m. 1903, Millicent Douglas, dau. of Thos. Pilkington, of Sandside, Thurso. Res.: The Lodge, Broadford, Co. Clare; Lazonby Hall, Cumberland.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Phibbs, Thomas Randle

​PHIBBS, Thomas Randle, J.P. Co. Sligo (High Sheriff 1920). Educated at St. Columba's College. Res.: Heathfield, Collooney, Co. Sligo. County Sligo Club; Royal Irish Automobile Club, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Pike, Joseph

​PIKE, Joseph, D.L. Cork City (High Sheriff 1893); J.P. Co. Cork (High Sheriff 1891); Chairman Cork, Bandon and South Coast Rly; Chairman Cork Steamship Co.; eldest son of late Ebenezer Pike, of Besborough, Co. Cork; m. Frances Annie, dau. of late Walter Richard Critchley, and has issue one dau. Res.: Dunsland, Gianmire, Co. Cork. Clubs: Kildare Street, Dublin; Cork County, Cork; Junior Carlton, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murphy, Alderman James Edward

​MURPHY, Alderman James Edward (M.P. for Cos. Louth and Meath from 1921); Alderman of the town of Drogheda; Chairman of the County Louth County Council. Res.: 86 West Street, Drogheda.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murphy, Lieut.-Col. Edmond William

​MURPHY, Lieut.-Col. Edmond William, Lieut.-Col. late Leinster Regt. Educ. at Tullabeg. and at Clongowes; eldest son of late William Murphy, J.P., of Ballinamona, Cashel, and Ellen, dau. of Jeremiah Shine, of Coolyhenan House. Co. Limerick; b. 1852; m. 1883, Mary, dau. of Alfred Giles, M.P., and widow of Captain Edgar Kemp, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: Ballinamona, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murphy, Lieut.-Col. William Richard English

​MURPHY, Lieut.-Col. William Richard English, D.S.O. (1919), M.C. 1918), M.A. (N.U.I.). Educ. at National University, Ireland, and at University College, Dublin; Lieut.-Col. S. Staffordshire Regt; an Inspector of Schools, Ireland; served in European War, 191419, in France and Italy (despatches four times); has assumed the additional surname of English; son of John Joseph Murphy, of Dane's Castle, Bannow, Co. Wexford; b. 1890; m. 1917, Maimi, dau. of W. E. Fortune, of San Francisco. Res.: 56 Belgrave Square, Rathmines, Dublin; The Anchorage, Ardmore, Co. Waterford.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Munn, Lionel

​MUNN, Lionel; b. Londonderry, 4th May, 1887. Won Irish Open Golf Championship, 1909-10-11, Irish Close Golf Championship, 1908-1911, 1913-14, and South of Ireland Golf Championship, 1911; took part in Coronation Foursomes v. Professionals at Sandwich, 1911, and represented Ireland v. Wales in 1913; at Sandwich in 1908, set up the record tie in the Amateur Championship by playing to the 28th hole in third round v. C. A. Palmer, who won; b. 1887; son of Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of Crown and Peace, Co. Londonderry. Res.: "Lisleen," Shantallow, Londonderry.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murdock, Robert, Major

​MURDOCK, Robert, Major, retired (R.A.S.C, M.T.), O.B.E. (1919); J.P., Co. Tipperary. Educ. at Uppingham and T CD.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Royal Regt. (Wexford Mil.), 1890; retired as Major when Regt. was disbanded, 1908; joined up 10th Aug., 1914, as temporary recruiting officer; transferred to R.A.S.C. (M.T.), May, 1915, and was in France till end of War; received Medaille d'Honnour (French), and O.B.E. (British); b. 24th Nov., 1871; son of Sidney Murdock, M.D., Dublin. Recns.: hunting, motoring. Res.: Killoran, Cahir, Co. Tipperary. Clubs: Royal Irish Automobile, Dublin; Royal Automobile, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murphy, Edward Sullivan

​MURPHY, Edward Sullivan, M.A. (T.C.D.); Barrister King's Inns, Michaelmas, 1903; K.C., 1913; Bencher, 1921; Barrister Inner Temple, 1921. Educ.: Charterhouse, Scholar and School Exhibitioner; Dublin University, Scholar 1899), Senior Moderator (large gold medal). Classics, Senior Moderator Logics and Ethics; University Studentship, 1901, Vice-Chancellor's Prizeman; b. 3rd Feb.; 1880: fourth son of late Mr. Justice Murphy: m. 22nd May, 1905, Alice, fourth dau. of Lord Justice Holmes. Res.: 66 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. Clubs: University, Dublin; Royal Irish Yacht Club, Kingstown; Northern Counties Club, Londonderry.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Mullen, Adelaide

Wilton King
​MULLEN, Adelaide, soprano, teacher of singing and composer; studied singing at the Alexandra College, Dublin, and with the late J. B. Welch; first appeared as an amateur at a concert of the Dublin University Choral Society, under the late Sir Robert Stewart; took part in a State Concert at the inauguration of the National Exhibition, Dublin, in 1882; adopted singing as a profession, and gave her first concert in Dublin in 1883; has toured in the United States (three times), and sung at concerts in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and at the Crystal Palace and leading London concert halls; has appeared in opera with the Burns-Crotty Opera Company. Under the nom-de-plume of "Wilton King,' has published numerous songs, amongst others "Avourneen," "The Dear Isle of Green," "The Rose will Blow," "Your Dear Heart," and "Summer in my Heart," etc.; dau. of Benjamin Mullen, senior Vicar-Choral of St. Patrick's and Christ Church Cathedrals Dublin; m. Henry Beaumont, the famous Tenor. Res.: 11 Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale, W.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murnaghan, George

​MURNAGHAN, George, J.P. for Co. Tyrone: late Member of Board of Agriculture; was M.P. for Mid Tyrone, 1895-1910; b. 1847. Res.: Lisanelly House. Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Murnaghan, James Augustine

​MURNAGHAN, James Augustine, M.A., LL.D. (R.U.I.); Barrister King's Inns, 1903; Professor of Jurisprudence, Roman Law, and International Law, National University of Ireland; b. 1881. Res.: 9 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Mulholland, Hon. Henry George Hill

​MULHOLLAND, Hon. Henry George Hill (M.P. for Co. Down, Northern Parliament, Ireland, from 1921); B.A. (Cantab.); late Lieut, R.A.F.; second son of Rt. Hon. Lord Dunleath; b. 1888; m. 1914, Sheelah dau. of Sir Arthur Douglas Brooke, Bart.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carroll, Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Fitzgerald

​CARROLL, Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Fitzgerald, D.S.O. (1917), R.A.M.C.; M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (T.C.D.), L.M., Dublin, F.R.G.S.; b. 1874: son of Frederick Maxwell Carroll, J.P., Moone Abbey, Co. Kildare: m. 1918, Evelyn, dau. of Col. E. E. Bernard. Educ.: Dublin University; Bonn; Vienna. Joined Army, 1898; served Aden. 1903-4: Sudan, 1910 (Egyptian medal and clasp, 4th Class Osmanieh); Sudan. 1914-17. Principal Medical Officer, Egyptian Army. Recn.: travelling. Res.: Moone Abbey, Co. Kildare. Club: Naval and Military.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carmichael-Ferrall, John

​CARMICHAEL-FERRALL, John, D.L., J.P., Co. Tyrone (High Sheriff, 1907), B.A. (T.C.D.). Barrister, King's Inns, 1878; b. 8th Nov., 1855; eldest son of Captain Carmichael-Ferrall, R.N., and Margaret, 6th dau. of Sir John Nugent Humble, 1st Bt., of Clonkescoran, Co. Waterford: m. 1899, Elizabeth Emily, 3rd dau. of late Rev. David Henry Elrinston, Vicar of Swords, and Matilda Rowena, dau. of late Rev. Pierce Wm. Drew, Rector of Yonghal. Claims the Barony of Carmichael in Lanarkshire, dormant since the death of Andrew, 6th Earl of Hyndford, and 7th Lord Carmichael in 1817, as heir-male through his ancestor Andrew Carmichael, Provost of Dungannon, of James, 1st Lord Carmichael. Pubns.: A Reply to Mr. Hine's Identification of the British Nation with the Lost Tribes of Israel; Ireland and the Irish; The Principality of Orange and its Protestant Exiles. Res.: Auger Castle, Auger, Co. Tyrone. Club: Tyrone County.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carrigan, Rev. William

​CARRIGAN, Rev. William, D.D., M.I.R.A.; b. in Co. Kilkenny, 1860. Educ.: St. Kieran's. Kilkenny, and Maynooth; priest, 1884; formerly Curate at Durrow, Queen's Co., and P.P. thereof since 1909. Author of The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory. Res.: Durrow, Queen's Co.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carroll, Brig.-Gen. John William Vincent

​CARROLL, Brig.-Gen. John William Vincent, C.M.G. (1916), D.S.O. (1919). Educ.: Woburn; Oratory School. 2nd Lieut., Norfolk llegt., 1891; served in W. Africa, Northern Nigeria, 1895-99 (two medals and 6 clasps, despatches, Bt.Major); served in S. African War in Mounted Infantry, 1899-1901 (Queen's medal and 3 clasps); Commandant Mounted Infantry, Egypt, 1909; Lt.-Col. Commanding Mounted Infantry, South Africa, 1910; Lt.-Col. Commanding 7th (Service) Batt. Norfolk Regt., 1914-15; served European War (despatches); Comdt. on lines of communication, 191819; Commanded the Russian Force at Morjegorskaia, March, 1919. Recns.: steeplechase riding, polo, cricket, hunting; b. 12th July, 1869; son of late Frederick Maxwell Carroll, J.P., of Moone Abbey, Co. Kildare; m. 1901, Barbara Mary, dau. of late James Tindal Woodroffe, C.S.I.; two sons, two daus. Res.: Moone Abbey, Moone, Athy, Co. Kildare. Clubs: Naval and Military, Sports.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carden, Sir John Craven

​CARDEN, Sir John Craven, Bart (Irld., 1787), J.P., Co. Tipperary (High Sheriff, 1882); formerly Lieut., Queen's County Militia; eldest son of Sir John Craven, 4th Bart., and Julia Isabella, only dau. of Admiral Charles Robinson; b. 30th Jan., 1854; s. his father, 22nd March, 1879: m. 10th Feb., 1891, Sybil, dau. of the late General Valentine Baker, and has issue a son and a dau. Res.: Templemore Abbey, Templemore, Co. Tipperary.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carew, Baron

​CAREW, Baron (Irld., 1834): Baron Carew (Unit. Kgd., 1838), Robert Shapland George Julian Carew, 3rd Baron., B.A. (Cantab.); D.L., Co. Wexford: eldest son of Robert Shapland. 2nd Baron. K.P., and Emily Anne (d. 1899), dau. of Sir George Richard Phillips, 2nd Bart, (extinct); b. 15th June, 1860; s. his father, 8th Sept., 1831; m. 27th June, 1888, Julia, dau. of the late Albert Lethbridge, and granddau. of Sir John Lethbridge, 3rd Bart. Res.: 28 Belgrave Square, S.W.; Castle Boro', Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Clubs: Brooks's; Bachelors', London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carew, Hon. George Patrick John

​CAREW, Hon. George Patrick John, second son of 2nd Baron Carew, and brother and heir-presumptive to present peer; b. 1st Feb., 1863; m. 1888, Maud Beatrice, dau. of late John Ramsay. Res.; 6 Grassington Road, Eastbourne.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carlisle, The Right Hon. Alexander Montgomery

​CARLISLE, The Right Hon. Alexander Montgomery, P.C. (Irld.), 1907. Entered Messrs. Harland and Wolff's Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, 1870, and was Gen. Manager and Chm. of the Managing Directors: ret. 1910; a Director of The National Bank. Ltd.; contested W. Belfast, 1906, as a Liberal Unionist Free Trader; appointed by Lord Gladstone, in 1908, a Member of the Departmental Committee in connection with accidents in factories; eldest son of the late John Carlisle, M.A., Head Master of the Royal Academical Institution. Belfast; b. 8th July, 1854; m. 1884, Edith Wooster. San Francisco. Res.: 2 Lancaster Gate, London, W.; Avenue House, Bear Wood, Workingham, Berks. Royal Thames Yacht Club, W.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carpenter, George Herbert

​CARPENTER, George Herbert, D.Sc, M.R.I. A., Professor of Zoology in the Royal Coll. of Science for Ireland since 1904; Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy since 1920; b. 1865; son of George Carpenter, Peckham, London. Educ.: Private school: King's College, Lond.; R. Coll. Science, Dubl.; B.Sc. (Lond.), 1890: M.Sc. and D.Sc. (Q. Univ., Belfast), 1913 and 1918; m. 1891 to Emma, daughter of Charles Eason, Dublin. Engineer's draughtsman, 1881-4; on staff of Science Library, S. Kensington, London, 1884-8; Assistant Naturalist in Nat. Museum, Dublin, 1888-1904. Joint editor of the "Irish Naturalist" since its foundation in 1892. Secretary of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, 1910-19. Member of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland. Hon. Lay Secretary of the Hibernian Church Missionary Society since 1920. Pubns.: Insects—their Structure and Life, 1899 (in Russian, 1903): The Life Story of Insects, 1913 (in Spanish, 1922); insect Transformation, 1921; numerous zoological papers in Proc. R. Irish Acad., R. Dublin Soc, Linn. Soc, Quart. Journ. Micr. Science, etc. Recns.: cycling and hill- walking. Res.: 51 Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Carrick, Earl of

​CARRICK, Earl of, 1748: Viscount Ikerrin, 1629; Baron Butler, 1607 (Irld.); Baron Butler of Mount Juliet (Unit. Kgd., 1912), Charles Ernest Alfred French Somerset Butler, 7th Earl, O.B.E. (1918). D.L., J.P., Co. Kilkenny; Comptroller of Lord Lieutenant's Household, Ireland, 1913; Inspector of Dept. of Agriculture. Ireland; eldest son of Charles Henry, 6th Earl, and Kathleen Emilv (d. 1888), dau. of Lieut.-Col. Ross: b. 15th Nov., 1873: s. his father, 6th April. 1909: m. 1898, Ellen Rosamond Mary, dau. of late Lieut.-Col. H. G. Lindsay; five sons, two daus. Res.: Belmont House, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.
# The Wild Swans at Coole (Collection)/The Wild Swans at Coole

THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE
The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine and fifty swans.
The nineteenth Autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count; I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings.
I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All's changed since I, hearing at twilight, The first time on this shore, The bell-beat of their wings above my head, Trod with a lighter tread.
Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold, Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build, By what lake's edge or pool Delight men's eyes, when I awake some day To find they have flown away?
# The Wild Swans at Coole (Collection)/To a Squirrel at Kyle-na-gno

TO A SQUIRREL AT KYLE-NA-GNO
Come play with me; Why should you run Through the shaking tree As though I'd a gun To strike you dead? When all I would do Is to scratch your head And let you go.
# The Wild Swans at Coole (Collection)/Two Songs of a Fool

TWO SONGS OF A FOOL
I
A speckled cat and a tame hare Eat at my hearthstone And sleep there; And both look up to me alone For learning and defence As I look up to providence.
I start out of my sleep to think Some day I may forget Their food and drink; Or, the house door left unshut, The hare may run till it's found The horn's sweet note and the tooth of the hound.
I bear a burden that might well try Men that do all by rule,
And what can I That am a wandering witted fool But pray to God that He ease My great responsibilities.
II
I slept on my three-legged stool by the fire. The speckled cat slept on my knee; We never thought to enquire Where the brown hare might be, And whether the door were shut. Who knows how she drank the wind Stretched up on two legs from the mat, Before she had settled her mind To drum with her heel and to leap: Had I but awakened from sleep And called her name, she had heard, It may be, and had not stirred, That now, it may be, has found The horn's sweet note and the tooth of the hound.