Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xxxvii
... wild justice of revenge , watched their opportunity , and on the 7th of July , 1773 , the Cork Remembrancer records that three shots were fired at Abraham Morris , Esq . at his lodgings in Mr. Boyce's House , Ham- mond's Marsh . The ...
... wild justice of revenge , watched their opportunity , and on the 7th of July , 1773 , the Cork Remembrancer records that three shots were fired at Abraham Morris , Esq . at his lodgings in Mr. Boyce's House , Ham- mond's Marsh . The ...
Page xxxviii
... wild duck , partridge , growse , and black plover of the << hill ; And every bird that flew in air ; oh , my Cormac ! oh , my son ! Flower of young men , a joy it was to see thee with thy gun . Cormac , my dear , oh thou who wert well ...
... wild duck , partridge , growse , and black plover of the << hill ; And every bird that flew in air ; oh , my Cormac ! oh , my son ! Flower of young men , a joy it was to see thee with thy gun . Cormac , my dear , oh thou who wert well ...
Page xl
... wild keen of my country , ye whose heads bend in sorrow , in the house of the dead ! — Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! -Oweneen the pride of my heart is not here ! -did ye not ...
... wild keen of my country , ye whose heads bend in sorrow , in the house of the dead ! — Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! -Oweneen the pride of my heart is not here ! -did ye not ...
Page xli
... wild fir near his head , that strangers might know who is the fallen ! Soon again will your keen be heard on the moun- tain , for before the cold sod is clodded over the breast of my Oweneen , Shelah the mother of keeners will be there ...
... wild fir near his head , that strangers might know who is the fallen ! Soon again will your keen be heard on the moun- tain , for before the cold sod is clodded over the breast of my Oweneen , Shelah the mother of keeners will be there ...
Page xlvi
... wild shark himself were thy pillow ! Than thus on thy bed in thy senses to die , And our Church and her priesthood so boldly deny . ' “ The other sister composed the following : - ' Oh ! Denis , Denis , can it be ? And hast thou left us ...
... wild shark himself were thy pillow ! Than thus on thy bed in thy senses to die , And our Church and her priesthood so boldly deny . ' “ The other sister composed the following : - ' Oh ! Denis , Denis , can it be ? And hast thou left us ...
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Adew appears BALLADS Banshee beauty blacke shepe blessed brother Callanan Carrigaline Castle cold Corpus Christi College county of Cork dark darling dead death dere derlyng Do-well Dublin Dunmanway Earl of Desmond earth Editor Edmond Fitzgerald England's Helicon English eyes fair father feare fire Fraser's Magazine gaol grief hand harp hart hath heart heaven Innisfail Irish Irish poetry John Fitzgerald John Jegon Keating keen keeners Knight of Glin Knight of Kerry knytte lament Leary literally Lord Milesius morning Morty Oge mourning murder never nowght o'er O'Sullivan Bear original Percy Society poem poetry poor priest printed Puxley Rapparees Richard Cox Saxon Say-well shulde knytte sing song sorrow soul South of Ireland Sullivan sweet tears thee Thomas thou translation Twas verses versified voice Walsh weeping wild woman words wounde my flesshe wyll wyll dothe rule Wytte