T. W. Rolleston Plain Poems
- 1. In Praise Of May (ascribed To Fionn Mac Cumhaill.)
May-day! delightful day!
Bright colours play the value along.
Now wakes at morning's slender ray
Wild and gay the blackbird's song.
... - 2. Clonmacnoise
In a quiet water'd land, a land of roses,
Stands Saint Kieran's city fair;
And the warriors of Erin in their famous generations
Slumber there.
... - 3. The Dead At Clonmacnois
From the Irish of Angus O'Gillan
In a quiet water'd land, a land of roses,
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