School: Mercy Convent
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: The Sisters
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- (continued from previous page)III
Flow, gentle Erne, flow in all thy splendour
Through fair Belturbet's lawns and valleys green;
Thine every infant wave brings memories tender
For all that thou hast heard and thou has seen.IV
Whisper us softly of the hopes of morning,
Ere yet the Night of Disillusion came;
Oh! for an hour, bring back the heart's glad dawning -
The heart that knew nor grief, nor fear, nor shame. V
How, softly flow, past lordly hall and lowly,
Past peaceful hearths, and homes, and ruined shrine;(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maura Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan