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1. In Memoriam of John Henry De La Poer Beresford

   

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   In memoriam of John Henry De La Poer Bersford
   I
   The morning rose smiling o’er valley and hill
   The sun chased the shadows from woodland and rill
   The birds sang a welcome to herald its beams
   As danced through the frost-laden boughs on the streams
   And fair was the scene that the morning smiled o’er
   Where the Clodagh goes sweeping by fair Curraghnmore
   II
   The hours of noontide grew sullen and lone
   The winds in the branches wail sadly and moan
   The robin wings low o’er grasses his flight
   He flees from sorrow that comes with the night,
   And it comes with the gloaming the sorrow in store
   The evening so fateful for sad Curraghmore

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   William Coe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Curraghmore, Co. Waterford

   Informant

   Mrs Joy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Portlaw, Co. Waterford