Scoil: Lisvernane, Glen of Aherlow (uimhir rolla 15677)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Sack of the Moorabbey

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   I
   Beneath the shadow of the Galtees
   Stands an abbey in ruins old
   Like many in our island
   Sad tales of it are told
   How oft beneath its altars rose
   The holy word of God
   And often on its sacred floor
   The holy brothers trod
   II
   There the day was spent in teaching
   Spredding knowledge through the land
   There the widow and the orphan
   Were fed with generous hand
   Its fame was known o'er mead and plain
   And by the rippling rills
   In cottage and in mansion, too
   Along the Galty Hills
   III
   For centuries the holy monks
   In heavenly peace did dwell
   At last, there came a day of woe
   For them a tale to tell
   When Sidney, that man of evil deeds
   Whose crimes were nothing less
   Than those of his mistress,
   Oft called the Good Queen Bess

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