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OF IRELAND.
In the hole, which the vile hands
Of soldiers had made thee ;
Unhonour'd, unslirouded,
And headless they laid thee.
Xo sigh to regret thee,
No eye to rain o'er thee,
No dirge to lament thee,
No friend to deplore thee !
Dear head of my darling,
How gory and pale
These aged eyes see thee,
High spiked on their gaol !
That cheek in the summer sun
Ne'er shaU grow warm ;
Nor that eye e'er catch Ught,
But the flash of the storm.
A curse, blessed ocean,
Is on thy green water.
From the haven of Cork,
To Ivera of slaughter :
Since thy biUows were dyed
With the red wounds of fear,
Of Muiertach Oge,
Our O'SuUivan Bear !
In the hole, which the vile hands
Of soldiers had made thee ;
Unhonour'd, unslirouded,
And headless they laid thee.
Xo sigh to regret thee,
No eye to rain o'er thee,
No dirge to lament thee,
No friend to deplore thee !
Dear head of my darling,
How gory and pale
These aged eyes see thee,
High spiked on their gaol !
That cheek in the summer sun
Ne'er shaU grow warm ;
Nor that eye e'er catch Ught,
But the flash of the storm.
A curse, blessed ocean,
Is on thy green water.
From the haven of Cork,
To Ivera of slaughter :
Since thy biUows were dyed
With the red wounds of fear,
Of Muiertach Oge,
Our O'SuUivan Bear !
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| Description | Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(3) |
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| Description | Containing The spirit of the nation [Poems] and The spirit of the nation. Part 2. Being a second series of political songs and national ballads and The ballad poetry of Ireland |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(1-3) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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