School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 454
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- The Brosna’s Banks.
By Frazer.Oh, yes I’ve idled many an hour,
Whether I thus could idle now,
In wooing back the withered flower,
Of health into my wasted brow
But from my life sore shadowing close
My unimpassioned spirit ranks
Among the happiest moments those
I’ve idled on the Brosna’s Banks.II
For thereupon my boyhood broke
The dreamy voice of nature first
And every word that vision spoke
How deeply has my spirit nursed.
A woman’s love, a harp a pen
A rescued land a nation’s thanks
A friendship with the world and then
A grave upon the Brosna’s Banks.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rossnadough, Co. Laois
