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"The Eyes of Fionuala" by Ethna Carbery [aka Mrs. Seumus MacManus, Anna Johnston] (1866-1902)
From: The Four Winds of Eirinn: Poems by Ethna Carbery. (Anna MacManus.), Complete Edition, Edited by Seumas MacManus. Dublin, Ireland: M. H. Gill and Son, Ltd. 1906. p. 76.

Editor: Mary Mark 
Ockerbloom

[Page 76] 

THE EYES OF FIONUALA.

Dawn Eyes!
  Sending swift silver spears of beauty through
  The grey mists of my life–a world of sighs
  Until, that hour of hours, I met with you.

Sun Eyes!
  Glowing and glad; a flame of pure delight,
  Fanning the spirals of Love's fire to rise
  Within me, and attain your holy height.

Moon Eyes!
  Shadow and shine fall from you sweet and cool,
  A shimmer of rainbow peace that softly lies
  In blessing on my heart's unquiet pool.

Star Eyes!
  Steady and golden, smile on me, nor will
  Thy tender light to leave my storm-blown skies,
  But be my sentinel of Heaven still.

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