School: Meath Hill (roll number 7166)
- Location:
- Cnoc na Mí, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Patrick J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)As then met my startled vision I had never seen before,
Even in dreams not quie Elpian when transported to that shore
Where none came back ever more!X
In a deep recess 'twas sitting - showed no signs of flight or quitting;
Such a visage - so unearthly - none but demons ever wore;
"Heaven shield me from all danger! - guard me from that fiend-like stranger!"
Thus I cried, while in a manger just behind the crazy door,
Suddenly I heard a rustle - "Bless me, bless me, all is o'er"
"Surely" said I, "here are more!"XI
Horrified, bewildered, speechless - death himself you'd think could teach less
Than the hook-nosed, round-faced goblin that I shivering stood before -
All my by-past sins and errors came renewed and dressed in terrors,
And I scarcely hoped that mercy - tender mercy - was in store;
For, that "conscience makes us cowards"(continues on next page)
