Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.
By Seumas OKelly104. The Bard on the Bodach
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To bear up your soul to a throne—
But a robber be robbing him on the way back
And your fall be as dead as a stone.
And your hands be upon it for proof—
When the devil whips in by your beggarly door
To tear your red soul through the roof.