by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
Fill me, O stars
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Fill me, O stars, As with an olden tune, Look thro' your cloudy bars, O summer moon: Look thro', and drench in silver light My soul this night. O brief, enchanted dream Of sea and sky, Of ploughland, meadow, stream, And twilight loth to doe, Of fire and dew -- My soul is one with you!
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- by Joseph Campbell (1881 - 1944), as Seosamh MacCathmhaoil, "Night-piece", appears in The Mountainy Singer, first published 1909 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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