School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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“By the setting of the sun. ...”
I
By the setting of the sun.
As my daily work was done.
I wended my way by the shore
Then I seem all alone
I sat down on a stone
To muse the works of the Lord.
By the light skate of my boat.
While my barque she moved on the bay.
To memory I awoke
And so sadly I taught
Of my own native land far away.II
It was England’s cruel Laws
That were the very cause
And her off springs I(continues on next page)- Collector
- Irene Seymour
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Informant
- Mrs Seymour
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female