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1. The Woods and Waterfalls of Doonass (continued)

   

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   the rich gift of his glory.
   While convulsively round the dread
   cascade gigantic
   As if giving birth to another Atlantic.And its surges leap madly o'er rocks
   rent asunder
   Like a host of white demons with
   trumpets of thunder.

   Where the woods shake their crowns
   'mid the hall of the lightning
   O'er the battle of torrents all whirling and whitening
   Stretching down to the wild floods
   their arms stupendous
   As if conciliating the giant tremendous
   I sat on a bank with pale summer gems spangled
   O'er screened by those boughs with their green shadows tangled
   While the dim silvery spray from
   the dashing Falls driven
   Gleamed on them like sparks
   from the star-fires of Heaven.

   In the bloom-covered parterres
   that o'er me ascended.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josie Moloney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonlara, Co. Clare

   Informant

   William Moloney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Cloonlara, Co. Clare