School: Millín, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 16329)
- Location:
- Milleenduff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Diolún
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- "The convict's grave, or a visit to Spike Island"
1
Around this Isle in solitude
I travelled on last eve,
When Sol was sinking in the west;
Some cause had I to grieve,
While in the east bright Luna rose,
Among the glittering stars,
And cast her beams around my path,
The wild waves washed the walls.
(2)
I looked around and then beheld,
On every side the sea;
Thought I, how hard it is, indeed,
Cast on this Isle, to be
Far from all friends and parents dear,
As well as from a home,
Exposed to hardships unrevealed,
And dangers dire to come.
(3)
While musing thus I soon came up
To stones beside the waves,
And knew by marks upon them cut,(continues on next page)
