[Verse 1]
On Raglan Road on an autumn day
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I might one day rue
[Verse 2]
I saw the danger, and I passed
Along the enchanted way
And I said, "Let grief be a falling leaf
At the dawning of the day"
[Verse 3]
On Grafton Street in November
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worth of passions pledged
[Verse 4]
The Queen of Hearts still makin' tarts
And I not makin' hay
Well, I loved too much and by such, by such
Is happiness thrown away
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
And word and tint I did not stint
I gave her poems to say
With her own name there and her own dark hair
Like clouds over fields of May
[Verse 7]
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet
I see her walking now
Away from me so hurriedly
My reason must allow
[Verse 8]
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