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THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE.
Father Hart.
Did but the lawless angels see that door,
They would fall, slain by everlasting peace;
And when such angels knock upon our doors
Who goes with them must drive through the same storm.
[A knock at the door. Maire Bruin opens it and then goes to the dresser and fills a porringer with milk and hands it through the door and takes it back empty and closes the door.
Maire Bruin.
A little queer old woman cloaked in green,
Who came to beg a porringer of milk.
Bridget Bruin.
The good people go asking milk and fire
Upon May Eve—Woe on the house that gives,
For they have power upon it for a year.
I knew you would bring evil on the house.
Maurteen Bruin.
Who was she?
