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1. A Song - To the Old Chapel at Mogeely (continued)

   

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   To the old chapel at Mogeely
   …………………………..
   Lo! the solemn hour is coming
   And the quaint, old-fashioned bell,
   Tolls above the waving tree tops,
   Ringing out the parting knell.
   …………………………..
   Ringing out old times and customs,
   And upon the summer air,
   Swift the hills give back the echoes
   Each a whispered dying prayer.
   …………………………..
   Ere our eyes have seen the splendour
   Of the Consecration Day
   Let us pause awhile and listen,
   As the old chimes die away.
   …………………………..
   Every vibrant note sends memories
   Thronging through the listening heart:
   Slow each lingering note is whispering:
   "We must sever - we must part.
   …………………………..
   Soft it rings through the old Abbey.
   Wakens not the silent dead,
   As they sleep where once were altars
   Where in old times Mass was said

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thérèse Begley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Margaret Begley

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork