| Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922. |
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| 15. Dear Dark Head |
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| By Sir Samuel Ferguson (Translated) |
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| PUT your head, darling, darling, darling, | |
| Your darling black head my heart above; | |
| Oh, mouth of honey, with the thyme for fragrance, | |
| Who with heart in breast could deny you love? | |
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| Oh, many and many a young girl for me is pining, | 5 |
| Letting her locks of gold to the cold wind free, | |
| For me, the foremost of our gay young fellows; | |
| But I’d leave a hundred, pure love, for thee! | |
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| Then put your head, darling, darling, darling, | |
| Your darling black head my heart above; | 10 |
| Oh, mouth of honey, with the thyme for fragrance, | |
| Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love? | |
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