School: Kildalkey (C.) (roll number 868)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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- (continued from previous page)'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(continues on next page)