School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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1. The Recluse of Inchidony (continued)

   

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   Or gaze upon those orbs so fair and bright,
   Still burning on in Heaven's unbounded space,
   Like seraphs bending o'er life's dreary night,
   And with their look of love their smile of peace,
   Wooing the weary soul to her high resting place.

   
   Such was the hour the harp of Judah pour'd
   Those strains no byre of earth had every rung,
   When to the God his trembling soul adored,
   O'er the rapt chords the minstrel monarch hung,
   Such was the tune when Jeremiah sung,
   With more than angels' grief the sceptre torn,
   From Israel land, the desolate streets

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigboy, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Healy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrigboy, Co. Cork