1.
The leaves of a rowan
newly sprouted in the rain
along the river
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2.
Through the veils of rain
a round-tower stands unmoved
down the centuries
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3.
Tumbling down mountains
the streams into Glendalough
lakes full to the brim
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4.
All along the road
the gorse in bloom weighted
by recent rain
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5.
Equally cheerful
coming and going the driver
of the country bus
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6.
The well-kept gardens
around the country houses
colourful in Spring
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7.
The last patch of snow
on the sombre mountain-side
beyond the farthest house
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8.
Houses on the hill-sides
overlooking the vallies fields
alive with Spring lambs
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9.
Innocent faces
of the lambs who stop to look
at you who pass by
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10.
Swinging in the breeze
the filaments in clear bulbs
still alight at dawn
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11.
In that other light
the portrait of a grown man
in union with God
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12.
Aware of the light
of the eternal presence
Bl. William Tierry
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