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1. Poetry

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Jas Green, who is mentioned already in this book, composed the following poem also. The words were taken from "Michael Cavanagh of Ourt" and here and there are meaningless. To understand the poem it should be told that Green sat on "Bishop Hill" near his home one March evening when three young girls, probably knowing of his power of poetry, visited him and spent an hour with him. The girls were Violet and Grace - and a Miss H-r, a schoolteacher.
   Give to me the pen of Great Homer
   And Byron's intellect
   And it's then I'll tell you of a flower
   Burns did neglect.
   I'm sure a simple violet blue
   Must be a beautiful flower
   That on a sunscorched hillside grew
   Just but for an hour
   Violets wet with April showers
   Was always my delight
   To speak of anything but flowers
   Would sure be impolite
   The passion's a beautiful flower
   When really trained by a teacher's hand.
   How "Love lies bleeding", is a thing -

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