School: Camross, Mountrath

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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    III
    Yet idle as those visions seem
    They were a strange yet faithful guide
    When heaven itself had scarce a gleam
    To light my darkened life beside.
    And if from grosser guilt escaped
    I feel no dying dread the thanks
    Adieu to the power that shaped
    My visions on the Brosna’s Banks
    IV
    And love I feel will come too late
    Abe too late to comfort me
    And fetters from the land be cast
    Though I may not survive to see
    If then the gifted good and brave
    Admit me to their glorious ranks
    My memory may though not my grave
    Be green upon the Brosna’s Banks
    John Breen, Rosnadough, Camross.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossnadough, Co. Laois