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

Location:
Kildalkey, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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    'There bliss to hold some mountain pass
    With Spirits bold and free
    As those and thine, Leonidas,
    Who held Thermopylae! -
    The heart is more than walls of brass
    To those who would be free.
    And Freedom yet has votaries
    On many a distant strand.
    And Stars and Stripes share sympathies
    With each down-trodden land.
    While tyrants quake when Freemen rise
    At Liberty's command-
    My Soul is with one gentle maid
    Whole angels "called away"-
    Such destined call must be obeyed-
    She went to Heaven one day.
    Still sweetly fresh and undecayed
    Her memory clasps me aye!
    Yes, Emma, of the Virgin air,
    And eyes of hazel hue,
    Rose-dimpled cheeks, and wavy hair,
    Though love the vaulted blue
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