The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge/Songs of Peace/In the Mediterranean—Going to the War

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The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge (1919)
by Francis Ledwidge
In the Mediterranean—Going to the War
39817The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge — In the Mediterranean—Going to the War1919Francis Ledwidge

IN THE MEDITERRANEAN—GOING TO THE WAR

Lovely wings of gold and green
Flit about the sounds I hear,
On my window when I lean
To the shadows cool and clear.

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Roaming, I am listening still,
Bending, listening overlong,
In my soul a steadier will,
In my heart a newer song.