Raglan Road (Bonus Track)
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On Raglan Road of an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
I saw the danger and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said, "Let grief be a fallen leaf
At the dawning of the day"
On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine, where can be seen
The worth of passion's pledge
The Queen of Hearts, still making tarts
And I'm not making hay
Oh, I loved too much, and by such, by such
Is happiness thrown away
I gave her gifts of the mind
I gave her the secret sign
That's known to the artists who have known
The true gods of sound and stone
And word and tint without stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there, and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walkin' now
Away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow
That I had loved not as I should
A creature made of clay
When the angel woos the clay, he'd lose
His wings at the dawn of day