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Love

Branch of the Sweet and Early Rose

by Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later) c. 13th–18th century

Translated by William Drennan (in Hull, The Poem-Book of the Gael, 1913) · From The Poem-Book of the Gael (1913)

Love

Branch of the sweet and early rose
That in the purest beauty flows,
So passing sweet to smell and sight,
On whom shalt thou bestow delight?

Who in the dewy evening walk
Shall pluck thee from the tender stalk?
Whose temples blushing shalt thou twine,
And who inhale thy breath divine?

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MLA

Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Branch of the Sweet and Early Rose.” Translated by William Drennan. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/47/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Branch of the Sweet and Early Rose.” Translated by William Drennan. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/47/.

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