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School: Kilmoyly (C.) (roll number 2811)

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Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean an Risigh
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  1. An Elegy (continued)

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    When hope illumines a world of fears
    To break in its strength each early tie
    Yes! then tis hard, tis hard to die
    But now he is sleeping in lone Rattoo
    Where a round tower burst on the strangers' view.
    Gleaming and fresh is the greensward there
    Sad through the trees moans the summer air,
    Thitherward often our thoughts' shal[?] roam.
    Oh! calm be his nest in his Fathers home
    Till we meet again on that golden shore.
    Where parting or sorrow is no more.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Maurice Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmoyly, Co. Kerry