Love

Spring Love

by Francis Ledwidge 1887–1917

From Last Songs (1918)

Love

I saw her coming through the flowery grass,
Round her swift ankles butterfly and bee
Blent loud and silent wings; I saw her pass
Where foam-bows shivered on the sunny sea.

Then came the swallow crowding up the dawn,
And cuckoo-echoes filled the dewy South.
I left my love upon the hill, alone,
My last kiss burning on her lovely mouth.

MLA

Ledwidge, Francis. “Spring Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/111/.

Chicago

Ledwidge, Francis. “Spring Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/111/.

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