School: Moynalty (C.)
- Location:
- Moynalty, Co. Meath
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 090
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You critics excuse me and do not abuse me
Although that my subject it seems rather [?]
For want of fair learning my words are not sterling.
My person is rural and therefore quite plainII
Therefore do not blame me, despise or defame me
Let me pass unheeded and I'll ask no more
I feign without fiction to give a description
Concerning a pig called "Tennyson's Boar".III
I saw him while grazing his size was amazing
His size and complexion did fill me with awe
His tusks were extending just ready for ending
Promiscuously set in his monstrous jaw.IV
He's fierce and corageous, when vexed he's outrageous.
He's like the man Darris in the days of yore
He threatens to storm the friend of reform.
There's something mysterious in Tennyson's Boar.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Smyth
- Gender
- Female
