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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drongán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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  1. An Old Man's Soliliquy - by A Drangan Boy

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    I
    An old man stood by the gable side
    Of a roofless cottage home,
    The storm raged and howled around
    The wrecked and ruined dome;
    "Oh happy days I spent" he cried
    Within these naked walls,
    No comfort more than mine e'er smiled
    In yonder lordly halls
    II
    The grass now grows about the spot,
    Where by a mothers knee
    I learned to lisp a prayer to God
    In youths simplicity;
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