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... poems should be ? " 66 Yea , truly , I have caused divers of them to be translated unto me , that I might under- stand them ; and surely they savoured of sweet wit and good invention , but skilled not of the goodly ornaments of poetry ...
... poems should be ? " 66 Yea , truly , I have caused divers of them to be translated unto me , that I might under- stand them ; and surely they savoured of sweet wit and good invention , but skilled not of the goodly ornaments of poetry ...
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... poems , which he published nearly a hundred years ago ( 1742 ) in Dublin , describing the progress of a love affair , says , " He gained the affections of the maid , Who did with curious work emboss For him a fine St. Patrick's cross ...
... poems , which he published nearly a hundred years ago ( 1742 ) in Dublin , describing the progress of a love affair , says , " He gained the affections of the maid , Who did with curious work emboss For him a fine St. Patrick's cross ...
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... poem of " Hesperi - neso- graphia , " descriptive of national manners , where , in the account of an Irish banquet , it is mentioned that , - " Besides all this , vast bundles came Of sorrel , more than I can name . And many sheaves I ...
... poem of " Hesperi - neso- graphia , " descriptive of national manners , where , in the account of an Irish banquet , it is mentioned that , - " Besides all this , vast bundles came Of sorrel , more than I can name . And many sheaves I ...
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Thomas Crofton Croker. In that whimsical poem , the " Irish Hudibras , ' printed in 1689 , we find 66 Springs , happy springs , adorned with sallets , Which nature purpos'd for their palats ; Shamrogs and watercress he shews , Which was ...
Thomas Crofton Croker. In that whimsical poem , the " Irish Hudibras , ' printed in 1689 , we find 66 Springs , happy springs , adorned with sallets , Which nature purpos'd for their palats ; Shamrogs and watercress he shews , Which was ...
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... poem is represented , when about to descend into the infernal regions , as seeking advice from a nun , which is thus given to him : -- 66 Nay , bird , if thou art so hot set To throw thyself into the net ; So mad ( said she ) to visit ...
... poem is represented , when about to descend into the infernal regions , as seeking advice from a nun , which is thus given to him : -- 66 Nay , bird , if thou art so hot set To throw thyself into the net ; So mad ( said she ) to visit ...
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Page 234 - WITH deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, — With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee.
Page 236 - Of thy belfry, knelling Its bold notes free, Made the bells of Shandon Sound far more grand, on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. I've heard bells tolling Old Adrian's Mole...
Page 143 - There is a stone there, that whoever kisses, Oh! he never misses to grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber to a lady's chamber, Or become a member of parliament: A clever spouter he'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, "to be let alone," Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him; Sure he's a pilgrim from the Blarney stone!
Page 33 - ... and if they found a plot of water-cresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast."*** The authors of this calamity reaped from it the expected fruits.
Page 220 - In seventeen hundred and forty and four, The fifth of December, I think, 'twas no more, At five in the morning by most of the clocks, We rode from Kilruddery in search of a fox.
Page 133 - Blacke-water, and the Liffar deep, Sad Trowis, that once his people over-ran, Strong Allo tombling from Slewlogher steep, And Mulla mine, whose waves I whilom taught to weep.
Page 225 - And on the broken pavement, here and there, Doth many a stinking sprat and herring lie; A brandy and tobacco shop is near, And hens, and dogs, and hogs, are feeding by : And here a sailor's jacket hangs to dry.
Page 202 - Still, still in those wilds might young liberty rally, And send her strong shout over mountain and valley, The star of the west might yet rise in its glory, And the land that was darkest be brightest in story.
Page 146 - Tis there the lake is, well stored with perches, And comely eels in the verdant mud; Besides the leeches, and groves of beeches, Standing in order for to guard the flood.
Page 271 - The town of Passage Is both large and spacious, And situated Upon the say. 'Tis nate and dacent, And quite adjacent To come from Cork On a summer's day ; There you may slip in To take a dipping, Foment the shipping That at anchor ride ; Or in a wherry Cross o'er the ferry To Carrigaloe, On the other side.