School: Kildalkey (C.) (roll number 868)

Location:
Kildalkey, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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    "Lords of Light" wing o'er thee sleeping,
    Seraphs guard thee all day while
    And in Beautious Mary's Keeping,
    Mary Thy young heart know no guile
    Spare me here, care-prest and lonely,
    Sun-bright dover-souled Angel-Fay,
    Just a thought, one moment only,
    From thy musings Xmas day-
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. I ask not favours form the proud,
    From monarch, princes or peer.
    For plaudits of the thoughtless crowds,
    That every breath may veer-
    To human kind I've never bowed,
    My God alone I fear!
    The Island Home that birth one gave,
    I love her rock-bound shore,
    I love her sons, the deathless brave,
    Who fell in days of yore,
    In Wexford Hills by Boyne's bright wave
    Clontarf and Shannon's shore.
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