School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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Local Songs (continued)
“Like a sad strain of bardic music old”
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“Daughter of Mellifont and fair citeaux,”
I
Daughter of Mellifont and fair citeaux,
Thou whom Kings loved and Lords of high estate,
How art thou ruinous and desolate?
How are thou sunk in bitterness and woe?
Beside thy river's unconsoling flow.
How mournest thou in grief disconsolate,
Thy glory vanquished by untoward fate
And all thy queenly loveliness brought low.
II
Ah! bitter hour for Erin and for thee
When ruthless heresies rapacious Lords
Like slimy dragons crawling from the seas
Ravished thy beauty with their vandal hordes!
And now the harp upon its willow tree(continues on next page)