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1. Poem on the Election for Meath of Henry Grattan

   

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   The free men of Meath shall never be forgotten
   Their names are recorded in the rolls of fame
   For how they elected brave Henry Grattan
   Though dog-hearted tyrants did him defame.
   To have him a member of the people assembled
   And with him the prime of the country did join
   A shame to the creatures who basely dissembled
   When Grattan beat Blythe on the Bank of the Boyne.

   You paltry usurpers and tyrants take warning
   Likewise you mean farmers who cringe to the great,
   A stain on your country that auspicious morning
   When liberty called you, you slyly did wait.
   The dregs of the people still fail when required
   Who barter their honours for interest of coin,
   The spirit of freedom within them expired
   And faintly withdrew from the Banks of the Boyne

   Some are delirious to hear the disaster
   And grieve and regret when the tithe's done away
   Oh! what will become of the Deacon or Pastor
   They'll take an example of Lord Castlereagh
   Too long they have lived on the fat of our nation
   Too long those vile creatures our rights did purloin
   Down with oppression, and curse extirpation
   And shake off your chains on the Banks of the Boyne

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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