School: An Clochar, Béal an Átha Móir (roll number 13614)

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1. An Invitation (continued)

   

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   An Invitation (Continued)

   Just at the sixth century's close
   And in the old chapel hard by it
   O'Carolan's relics repose.

   
   (VII)

   Dear land where your martyrs now moulder,
   Your beautys my sorrows assuage,
   Dear land of the saint and the soldier,
   The scholar, the bard and the sage
   Hasn't old Father Time set his landmark.
   The dawn of your freedom has come -
   Now where! tell me where is the landshark,
   The agent, the bailiff or bum?

   
   (VIII)

   All creeds here are kindly united,
   In friendship and peace they agree,
   And think with regret on what blighted
   The hearts and the homes of the free;
   Our bells pealing out the proud story
   Of salvation o'er mountain and plain
   To lead us to mansions of glory.
   Whence never comes sorrow or pain.

   
   (IX)

   This grand panorama before us
   We'll sit on the daisy-clad hill
   And list to the birds in full chorus
   And the lilt of the stream by the mill

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Carmel Conlon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim