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    “Amongst the mountains in my home,”

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    As steals the night away.
    V
    Then paints the glow, lake, hill and wood
    And tints the distant skies.
    Lo! now sombre solitude
    Is a dewy Paradise.
    VI
    I love my Glen the whole day long,
    I love its wistful grace,
    But I love it most at mystic dawn
    When God smiles on the place.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Keany
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim