colin meloy

XXVI
AE Housman

The half-moon westers low, my love,
And the wind brings up the rain;
And wide apart lie we, my love,
And seas between the twain.

I know not if it rains, my love,
In the land where you do lie;
And oh, so sound you sleep, my love,
You know no more than I.

Colin Meloy — Eli, the Barrow Boy (live, the Zoo, Seattle WA — 8.10.05)

Flogging Molly — Far Away, Boys