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1. A Rhyme by Poet Higgins (continued)

   

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   V
   The peasantry had up to this,
   Refrained from either threats or blows,
   But patience they did then dismiss,
   And closely grappled with their foes;
   A deadly conflict then occurred,
   Yes, fierce and deadly nothing less,
   For death or glory was the word,
   And blood ran freely, you may guess.
   VI
   The frieze clad men in fury great,
   Dealt blows both heavy and severe,
   Which laid their opponents prostrate,
   Upon the field expiring there;
   This armed band that fought and fell,
   Exactly numbered seventeen,
   Not one went back the news to tell,
   Not one bewailed their loss I ween.
   VII
   The loss the other side sustained,
   Was one, in that sanguine affray,
   The thruth is fully here explained,
   Received it now, Sir, as you may.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Bhuadhacháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Thomas Bohan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim