School: Moynalty (B.)
- Location:
- Maigh nEalta, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Uillford Ó Maoilmhichil
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- XML “The Poets' Home in Farnadooney”
- XML “The Poets' Farewell to the Days of his Youth”
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- (continued from previous page)Ye fertile valley, fruitful and serene -
Fields of my father's, for ever fresh and green,
I'll take of you one sad and lonesome view,
And with a sigh for ever bid adieu." - "Soft blow the mild sweet morning gale,
Reviving and perfuming;
Fresh daisies deck the verdant vale,
And every shade is blooming.
The lark through boundless fields of air
Proclaims the agent moving,
The village swain, exempt from care,
Exulting hears the warning.
Oh, once those rural joys were mine,
When health and youth conveyed me.
Through sloping groves of vernal pine
Where love, fond love, delayed me.
With heart elate I roamed the plain
Where wood and glade were pleasing,
Affection led me to my Jane
O'er hills where herds were grazing.
But frowning fate soon changed the scene
And all the pleasures faded,(continues on next page)