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1. Michael Dwyer (continued)

   

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   Two of the soldiers swam the lake
   And climbed into the Bed
   To bring that riddled body
   Over the deep and dark blue wave.

   But when they reached the gloomy height
   And finding their dismay,
   And finding that alive and well
   The undaunted rebel lay.
   They made a plunge ot capture him,
   But each received a blow,
   Which sent their lifeless bodies,
   To a watery grave below.

   His enemies, to capture him,
   One effort more did make.
   And from a neighbouring wood, close by,
   Some timber they conveyed.
   They made a raft across the lake,
   And waited till night fell o'er the Glen,
   And as they pushed their way across,
   Young Dwyer dropped from his den.

   

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