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1. The Poet's Dream of Hell (continued)

   

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   And said "the tyrant of that isle
   Well deserve damnation."

   "For if the world was searched all round
   Each different zone and place, man
   On earth no villains could be found
   So sordid, bad and base, man."

   "For such oppression was unknown
   In Dracco's time or Nero's,
   And such cruelty was never shown
   By any of the Pharoes."

   'The crafty fox and timid hare
   By tyrants are protected,
   But a poor man's sight they cannot hear
   God's likeness is rejected."

   "Their deeds would make a devil blush
   When by the Sheriff's aid, man,
   The grinding landlord makes a rush
   With the crowbar brigade, man."

   "The little village they attack
   And batter down the walls, man,
   The dust ascends, the couples crack
   Crash goes the roof and falls, man"

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John Fitzsimmons

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardlow, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Michael Meenagh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 64

   Address

   Ballintlieve, Co. Meath