On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare

That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I walked
Along the enchanted way

And I said, let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day


On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen

The true worth of passion's play
The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
And I not making hay

Oh, I loved too much and by such by such
Is happiness thrown away


I gave her gifts of the mind

I gave her the secret sign

That's known to the artist who has known
The true God of sound and stone
And word and tint I did not stint

For I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May


On a quiet street where the old ghosts meet
I see her walking now

Away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should

A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay
He'll lose his wings at the dawn of day