School: Ardlow
- Location:
- Ardlow, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mac Síomain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1004, Page 077
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- (continued from previous page)Emily's cruel father, it lay heavily on his breast -
The murder of young |Edmond, and the crime he soon confessed;
He paid the penalty of the law and died a public show
For the killing of young Edmond bold, who ploughed the low lands low.His love was broken hearted and from that fatal day
She mourned for her lover and slowly pined away.
The little fishes in the stream that wander to and fro
Remind me of young Edmond bold, down in the low lands low.
- Sad is my fate the weary inmate cried,
Within these walls of every joy denied;
Within these walls damp wards and narrow cells
Where pestilential, foul infection dwells.
Where ghastly famine grins a sickly sneer
And desolation in dark robes appear;
Where wasting hunger, craving want and woe
Proclaims pale death's advancing sure and slow.(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Fitzsimmons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardlow, Co. Cavan
