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Home  »  Anthology of Irish Verse  »  77. The Hills of Cualann

Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

By Joseph Campbell

77. The Hills of Cualann

IN THE youth of summer

The hills of Cualann

Are two golden horns,

Two breasts of childing,

Two tents of light

In the ancient winter

They are two rusted swords,

Two waves of darkness,

Two moons of ice.