School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)

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1. A Song - "Starmount"

   

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   Across the ocean, blue and wide there lies an isle serene,

   An isle of rustic beauty, clad in robe of emerald green

   Each morn the sun's caressing beams fall gently on its face,

   Revealing in impressive tones its elegance and grace.

   
   The mountains rise to lofty heights to greet the azure skies,

   And river rolling towards the seas sing some lullabies.

   Somewhere on that verdured isle my boyhood days I spent,

   Absorbed in childish fancies and in pastimes innocent.

   
   The house in which I lived, when young, stood by the river's side,

   From whence it looked serenely o'er the Shannon's flowing tide

   Tall sycamores and beechnut trees a canopy have made

   Of foliage, whose leafy textures kept the house (?)

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr John Hickey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derreen, Co. Limerick