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Katharine Tynan - A Connaught Man (For Hugh Maguire)
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Lord, when he shall come home from war,
     Give him no pastures green,
But a wet wind and a soft wind
     With reek of turf between.

Nor let Thy light shine overmuch
     Lest that his soul should fret
For the grey mist and silver mist
     That he will not forget.

Build him no pearl-white palaces
     Nor gardens fair and fine,
Lest for his bare, far-stretching bogs
     His home-sick heart should pine.

Not groves, nor any vermeil walks,
     Nor flowery pastures pied,
But the great sweep of sky and land
     And the hills at eventide.

Lord, when the men come from the war,
     Give each man his desire!
Give him the soft wind and the rain
     And the reek of the turf fire.
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