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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 135 |
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MRS. W. H. CHESSON (Nora Hopper) (1871-1906)
NIAM
M
OUTH of the rose and hair like a cloud — After my feet the wind grows loud : The red East Wind whose rumour has gone From Tir-nan-Og1 to Tir-na-Tonn.3 Under my feet the windflower grows, After my feet the shadows run, Over my feet the long grass blows. All things hail me and call me on Out of the darkness into the sun, Love and Beauty and Youth in one.
Under my feet the windflower grows. Men called me Niam when first arose My splendid star: but what now ye call Me, do I heed if I hear at all ? Look in my eyes—are they gray or blue? They are the eyes that the Fenians knew, When out of the sunshine, into the shade, I called to Oisin, and he obeyed. Across Fionn's banner my dark hair flew, And safe in its leash my love I drew. |
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1 Tir-nan-og, the Country of Youth.
2 Tir-na-tonn, the Land under the Sea. |
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