School: Glanworth (C.) (roll number 4838)

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Glanworth, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 183

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    He has fought the good fight, his labours are oe'r
    They are wafting his spirit to the heavenly shore.
    His holy body now with us lies
    For his sinless soul has pierced the skies
    In his sacred robes he is vested now
    But cold oh cold is that once loved brow.
    Palled are those lips, and silent now that tongue
    Which naught save the praises of his Maker sung.
    Our Lord had found him a flower so fair
    In His Garden of Virgins few could compare.
    In those heavenly mansions he now doth dwell
    With our loving Lord, whom he loved so well
    Our hearts are grief-rent, his loss is great
    Tis sad to think, tis sad to relate
    That those loving features and gifted brow
    'Neath death's cold Mantle are sleeping now
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