School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 59
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- Can you guess why I'm looking so weary and sad ?
Do you know ?
"Is't because that the evening is wintry and wild,
And the wind round the corner sobs sadly the while,
And the bitter hoar frost lies on gutter and tile ?
Is it so ?"Guess again why I'm looking so weary and sad ?
If you know ?
"Is't because of the ships on the ocean that ride,
By the cruel waves buffeted side over side,
Tossed and beaten by tempests that mercy deride ?
Is it so ?No, not the wild winds or the frost makes me sad,
It is not.
There's a wind far more cruel than Boreas, I ween,
There's a frost than the winter's more biting and keen,
There's the harsh wind of power, the sharp frost of Spleen
It is thatIt is not for the strife elemental I grieve.
It is nor,
A warfare more deadly our fair land infests,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Brigid Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breenagh, Co. Donegal
