School: Cill Eirc
- Location:
- Killark, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Mac Druaidhe
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- (continued from previous page)Are seldom seen to grow
That decked the verdent valleys
Round the lake of Ballyoe
VII
The slave of wealth
In search of health
May see a southern shore
And gaze upon the bright glacier
" hear the Cascade roar
But if he loved his own old land
Afar he would not go
We have many a scene to gladen
Like the lake of Ballyhoe.
VIII
And ye that sicken where the hum of ceaceless traffic rolls
Where natures freshness never leaves
Its tinge upon your soul
Your weary world is dark and dull
Your lives are sad and slow
A pleasant toil t'were bliss beside
The lake of Ballyhoe.
