School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha

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1. Famous Cork Poet (continued)

   

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   of Callanán.

   

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2. The Recluse of Inchidony

   

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   'Tis a delightful calm! there is no sound,
   Save the low murmur of the distant rill,
   A voice from heaven is breathing all around,
   Bidding the earth and restless men be still,
   Soft sleeps the moon on Inchidony's hill,
   And on the shore the shining ripples break,
   Gently and whispering at Nature's will,
   Like some fair child that on its mother's cheek,
   Sinks fondly to repose kisses pure and meek.

   
   'Tis sweet when earth and heaven such silence keep,
   With pensive steps to gain some headland's height,
   And look across the wide extended deep,
   To where its farthest waters sleep in light;

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigboy, Co. Cork

   Informant

   John Healy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrigboy, Co. Cork