School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mrs Corish
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- (continued from previous page)For ages of bondage and suffering shall never,
Erase one lov'd name from that chivalrous age.
No, as well might they stem the pure feeling still gushing
O'er hearts and o'er harp strings, by mountain and sea
As restrain that high patriot spirit that rushing
In might over millions resolved to be freeiii
They failed where great Washington purchased his glory
But their motives, their feelings, their lives were the same,
And though they have fallen in Erins proud story
Free Liberty's light shall emblazon each name
Long, long, shall we chant, to the wild str-- undying
The deeds of the dauntless, the bold, and(continues on next page)
