School: Moynalty (B.)

Location:
Moynalty, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Uillford Ó Maoilmhichil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 342

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  1. "Soft blow the mild sweet morning gale,
    Reviving and perfuming;
    Fresh daisies deck the verdant vale,
    And every shade is blooming.
    The lark through boundless fields of air
    Proclaims the agent moving,
    The village swain, exempt from care,
    Exulting hears the warning.
    Oh, once those rural joys were mine,
    When health and youth conveyed me.
    Through sloping groves of vernal pine
    Where love, fond love, delayed me.
    With heart elate I roamed the plain
    Where wood and glade were pleasing,
    Affection led me to my Jane
    O'er hills where herds were grazing.
    But frowning fate soon changed the scene
    And all the pleasures faded,
    (continues on next page)
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