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228 BALLAD POETRY
For whoever past, be he Baron or Squire,
Was free to call at that abbey, and stay,
Nor guerdon, or hire for his lodging pay,
Tho' he tarried a week with its holy choir !
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire.
Dark looked the night from the window pane.
They who sat by that bogwood fire
Were Eustace, Alleyn, and Thade by name.
And long they gazed at the cheerful flame ;
Till each from his neighbour began to inquire
The tale of his life, before he came
To Saint Brigid's shrine, and the cowl had ta'en,
So they piled on more wood, and drew their seats nigher !
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire,
Loud wailed the wind thro' cloister and nave,
And with mournful air, by that bogwood fire,
The first who spake it was Eustace grave,
And told " He had been a gallant brave.
In his youth, till a comrade he slew in ire,
And then forswore bastnet and glaive.
And leaving his home, had crost the wave,
And taken the cross and cowl at Saint Einbar's Spire."
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire,
SAvift thro' the glen rushed the river Lee,
And Alleyn next by that bogwood fire
Told his tale ; a woful man was he ;
Alas ! he had loved unlawfuUie
The wife of his brother. Sir JHugh Maguire,
And he fled to the cloister to free
His soul from sin ; and 'twas sad to see
How much sorrow had wasted the youthful friar»
For whoever past, be he Baron or Squire,
Was free to call at that abbey, and stay,
Nor guerdon, or hire for his lodging pay,
Tho' he tarried a week with its holy choir !
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire.
Dark looked the night from the window pane.
They who sat by that bogwood fire
Were Eustace, Alleyn, and Thade by name.
And long they gazed at the cheerful flame ;
Till each from his neighbour began to inquire
The tale of his life, before he came
To Saint Brigid's shrine, and the cowl had ta'en,
So they piled on more wood, and drew their seats nigher !
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire,
Loud wailed the wind thro' cloister and nave,
And with mournful air, by that bogwood fire,
The first who spake it was Eustace grave,
And told " He had been a gallant brave.
In his youth, till a comrade he slew in ire,
And then forswore bastnet and glaive.
And leaving his home, had crost the wave,
And taken the cross and cowl at Saint Einbar's Spire."
Three monks sat by a bogwood fire,
SAvift thro' the glen rushed the river Lee,
And Alleyn next by that bogwood fire
Told his tale ; a woful man was he ;
Alas ! he had loved unlawfuUie
The wife of his brother. Sir JHugh Maguire,
And he fled to the cloister to free
His soul from sin ; and 'twas sad to see
How much sorrow had wasted the youthful friar»
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Description | Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. |
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Shelfmark | Glen.74(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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