School: Kildalkey (C.) (roll number 868)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Nic Dhiarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 156
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- (continued from previous page)The daisy sprang beneath her tread;
The skylark tuned his sweetest strain.
Ascending from his lowly bed,
To welcome forth Sweet Mary Jane.Though but an humble maiden now
Of pastoral and low degree
Had Parish seen her chiseled brow
From faithless Helen's wiles he'd flee -
And History's page, and Homer's lair
Had told not of Achilles slain
In vain might Grecian belles essay
To emulate sweet Mary Jane.Be mine the rapture, mine the joy
To win this virgin lily pure
Though but a kind, a rustic [?] boy
Devoid of talent and obscure
Then welcoem bliss and farewell woe
Through & should plough the stormy main
Twice torrid suns or polar snow
were equal shares with Mary Jane.The Legend
'Tis sweet to stray at eventide
O'er meads
and pastures stretching wide
To view fair nature in her prime(continues on next page)
