In Memoriam
CBÉ 0485
Lines on the tragic death of the Rev James Kelly,
Rector of St. Agnes' Church. Paterson N. J., who in
a storm on the morning of the 17th December 1908.
was swept overboard from the Arabic, in crossing
the Atlantic, to spend Christmas with his
friends in Sligo - by a former school Companion
Timothy .J. Hurley, born at Corluck, [?],
who, (in his Youth) attended Kilcrown[?], h. School.
Ballymoe. Co Galway. 1Oh! cruel, murm'ring, hollow-sounding sea!
How can'st thou dare to lift thy chafing wave,
And sobbing low, in feinted sympathy,
Presume to chant a dirge around his grave,
Who plucked from out my bleeding breast,
And stole upon thy stormy crest
The jewel of my soul.
Rector of St. Agnes' Church. Paterson N. J., who in
a storm on the morning of the 17th December 1908.
was swept overboard from the Arabic, in crossing
the Atlantic, to spend Christmas with his
friends in Sligo - by a former school Companion
Timothy .J. Hurley, born at Corluck, [?],
who, (in his Youth) attended Kilcrown[?], h. School.
Ballymoe. Co Galway. 1Oh! cruel, murm'ring, hollow-sounding sea!
How can'st thou dare to lift thy chafing wave,
And sobbing low, in feinted sympathy,
Presume to chant a dirge around his grave,
Who plucked from out my bleeding breast,
And stole upon thy stormy crest
The jewel of my soul.