Thomas Osborne Davis Face Poems
- 1. Fontenoy
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Thrice, at the huts of Fontenoy, the English column failed,
And twice the lines of Saint Antoine the Dutch in vain assailed;
... - 2. Clare's Dragoons
Air--Viva la.
I.
... - 3. Blind Mary
Air--Blind Mary.
I.
... - 4. The Sack Of Baltimore.[1]
I.
The summer sun is falling soft on Carbery's hundred isles--
The summer sun is gleaming still through Gabriel's rough defiles--
... - 5. O'connell's Statue
Lines To Hogan.
Chisel the likeness of The Chief,
... - 6. The Dugannon Convention
I.
The church of Dungannon is full to the door,
And sabre and spur clash at times on the floor,
... - 7. Self-reliance.
I.
Though savage force and subtle schemes,
And alien rule, through ages lasting,
... - 8. The Sack Of Baltimore
The summer sun is falling soft on Carbery's hundred isles,
The summer sun is gleaming still through Gabriel's rough defiles;
Old Innisherkin's crumbled fane looks like a moulting bird,
And in a calm and sleepy swell the ocean tide is heard:
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