School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)
- Location:
- Meath Hill, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Patrick J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 240
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- The following poems are taken from a book called "The Rural Harp" which was published in 1861.The author Patrick Reilly was a local teacher.
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Balnavoran
"The memory of the brightest joys,
In childhood's happy morn that found us,
Is dearer than the richest toys
The present vainly sheds around us"(Griffin)
(I)Last eve I strayed beyond the lake,
The West wore tints bright golden,
But ah! my soul was sadly filled
With recollections olden;
The damson groves were snowy white,
And yet I fain would mourn
The sight I saw 'mid Nature's bloom-
'Twas ruin'd Balnavoran.
(II)Some time ago it was a place
That cheer'd my soul to enter -(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Reilly
- Gender
- Male
