Tag: Beauty
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You Can Guess
THERE are grottos in Wicklow, and groves in Kildare, And the loveliest glens robed with shamrock in Clare, And in fairy Killarney ’tis easy to find Sweet retreats where a swain can unburden his mind; But of all the dear spots in our emerald isle, Where verdure and sunshine crown life with a smile, There’s…
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The Well-Known Spot
A Poem by an Unknown late 19th Century Irish Poet Again, with joy I view the waking shore, Where mem’ries live for ever in their green, And from the solemn graveyard’s checkered floor Gaze fondly o’er the all-enchanting scene. The same sad rooks awake their mocking cries, And drooping willows weep the early grave, As…
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The Mountain Walk
By and Unknown Irish Poet From the haunts of busy life, Homes of care, and paths of strife, Up the breezy mountain way, ’Mid the upper fields of day, Let me wander, far and lonely, Without guide, save nature only; And still ever as I go, Lose all thought of things below, Cast all sorrow…