In Primrose Time

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Excerpt from In Primrose Time: A New Irish GarlandThe magpies ¿y in pairs (an evil omen It were to see but one) The snakes - but here, though, since St. Patrick, no man Has seen them in the sun The white lamb thinks the black lamb is his brother, And half as good as he The rival car-men all love one another, And jest, right cheerily, The compliments among the milk-men savour Of pale gold blossoming, And everybody wears the lovely favour Of our sweet Lady Spring. And though the ribbons in a bright procession Go towards the Chapel's chime, Good priest, there be but few sins for confession, In Primrose time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.