School: Derinturn (B.), Carbury (roll number 12080)
- Location:
- Derrinturn, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: D. Ó Hódhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0771, Page 126
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Another poem from this volume may well find place in these notes as the Boyne rises a couple of miles from this school.
By the Boyne
Upon the hill I stood,
When evening was declining, To gaze upon the flood
Of Boyne beneath me shining.
It slowly wanders on,
Unmindful of the slaughter,
In ages past and gone,
That drained its lovely water.
Remains not one of those
Who fought beside that river;
Their day has held its close
And they are gone for ever.
Then let all envy cease.
Let party strife be slighted,
Let love, and joy, and peace,
Be in our hearts united.
That river will flow on,
Its peaceful waters blended,
When e are past and gone,
And all our quarrels ended.
