Love
A Compliment
Translated by George Sigerson (1907) · From Bards of the Gael and Gall (1907)
Love
Had I for ink the Ocean,
And Earth for paper white
Did ev'ry wing in motion
Give me its quills to write,
Were my reward the rarest —
All Europe's sovran might—
Thy virtues, O my Fairest!
I never could indite.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “A Compliment.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/125/.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “A Compliment.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/125/.
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