School: Kilsarcon (C.) (roll number 14798)

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1. Local Poets

   

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   I
   On morning early in the month of April.
   As bright Sol divested his sable gown,
   I got a notion, which I put in motion,
   To pay a visit to Killarney town
   'Twas the gratification of imagination,
   And the solicitation, which induced me stray
   For recreation is the mind's salvation
   Which in great prostration greatly lay.
   II
   The feathered songsters sang out sonorous,
   From every bower, and every tree.
   The seemed to join in one heavenly chorus.
   So sweet, so fresh, so delightfully.
   The lark the proudest, he sang the loudest,
   Poured out his ecstasy to the new-born day
   While the humble redbreast, did his big best
   To suit the occasion with a tuneful lay.
   III
   The thrush and blackbird sang out collateral
   Their song in concord, mixed harmoniously.
   Whilst the sporting woodcock on the adjacent hill top
   Brushed off the dew, from the heather tree.
   Such a scene of grandeur, caused me to ponder

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Leahy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr Daniel Mc Sweeney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry