The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge/Songs of Peace/Song ("The winds are scented with woods after rain")

by Francis Ledwidge

For works with similar titles, see Song and Song (Ledwidge).

SONG

The winds are scented with woods after rain,
And a raindrop shines in the daisy's eye.
Shall we follow the swallow again, again,
Ah! little yearning thing, you and I?

You and I to the South again,
And heart! Oh, heart, how you shall sigh,
For the kind soft wind that follows the rain,
And the raindrop shed from the daisy's eye.