School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nualláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 027
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- "Lovely Jane" is a splendid poem written in praise of a sister of the Reverend Father G. Leonard. I
As glowing Sol his beams withdrew
From Erin's hills of green;
Alone I wandered through Loughcrew,
T' enjoy each beauteous scene -
I crossed, to gain a distant grove,
A cowslip - studded plain;
And thought I met the Queen of Love
In fair, unrivalled Jane.
II
Her tresses, like the raven's wing,
Hang on her neck so fair -
Like new-blown violets in the Spring,
Her breath perfumed the air -
As saphire lines, on virgin snow,
Appeared each azure vein -
And as the budding rose's glow,
So blossomed the cheeks of Jane.(continues on next page)
