1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Main Manuscript Collection
  3. CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

Date
1938
Collector
Location
Browse
Mode:
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0359

Archival Reference

The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0359

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

On this page

  1. Home Longings

    Share Share Post
    Where the bright'ning hawthorne blossom casts its perfume on the gale,
    I, in fancy, ever wander, in my homeland--Innisfail.
    Ah! that fleeting, fickle fancy wraps my heart in endless woe;
    I may never, never, never, see the scenes of long ago.
    Weary, weak and sad, dejected more I on life's prairie lone--
    Wand-ring here, and cheerless, aimless-- "Here unknowing and unknown."
    And as look I thro' life's vista, sadness dulls my manhood's glow,
    For this heart is still mid valleys where I wandered long ago.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant