School: St. Cronan's, Bray
- Location:
- Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Patrick Mac Donnell
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- (continued from previous page)We talked o'er the chase and we toasted the health
Of the men who ne'er struggled for places or wealth.
Owen Bray baulked a leap - says Hal Preston 'Twas odd,'
' 'Twas shameful,' cried Hal, 'by the great living --.'
Said Preston, I halloo'd 'Get on though you fall,
'Or I'll leap over you, your blind gelding and all.'"Each glass was adapted to freedom and sport,
For party affairs we consigned to the Court;
Thus we finished the rest of the day and the night,
In gay flowing bumpers and toasts of delight.
Then till the next meeting, bade farewell each brother-
So some they went one way, and some went another;
And as Phoebus befriended our earlier roam,
So Luna took care in conducting us home."
