The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge/Songs of Peace/To One Weeping

by Francis Ledwidge

TO ONE WEEPING

Maiden, these are sacred tears,
Let me not disturb your grief;
Had I but your bosom's fears
I should weep, nor seek relief.

My woe is a silent woe
Til I give it measured rhyme,
When the blackbird's flute is low
In my heart at singing time.