Collected Poems |The Adventures of Seumas Beg; The Rocky Road to Dublin| of the author James Stephens (9 February 1880 &ndash; 26 December 1950)&nbsp; Irish novelist, broadcaster and poet.<br />Excerpt<br />THE ADVENTURES OF SEUMAS BEG<br />THE CHERRY TREE<br />| Come from your bed my drowsy gentleman!<br />&nbsp;And you, fair lady, rise and braid your hair,<br />&nbsp;And let the children wash, if wash they can;<br />&nbsp;If not, assist you them, and make them fair<br />&nbsp;As is the morning and the morning sky,<br />&nbsp;And every tree and bush and bird in air.<br />The sun climbed on the heights three hours ago,<br />&nbsp;He laughed above the hills and they were glad;<br />&nbsp;With bubbled pearl he made the rivers flow<br />&nbsp;And laced their mists in silver, and he clad<br />&nbsp;The meads in fragrant pomp of green and gold,<br />&nbsp;And bade the world forget it had been sad.|<br />So lift yourself, good sir! and you, sweet dame,<br />&nbsp;Unlash your evening eyes of pious grey;<br />&nbsp;Call on the children by each loved name,<br />&nbsp;And set them on the grass and let them play;<br />&nbsp;And play with them a while, and sing with them<br />&nbsp;Beneath the cherry bush a roundelay.