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The Abbot of Innisfallen	B
awoke ere dawn of day	C
Under the dewy green leaves	D
went he forth to pray	C
The lake around his island	E
lay smooth and dark and deep	F
And wrapt in a misty stillness	G
the mountains were all asleep	F
Low kneel'd the Abbot Cormac	H
when the dawn was dim and gray	C
The prayers of his holy office	G
he faithfully 'gan say	C
Low kneel'd the Abbot Cormac	H
while the dawn was waxing red	I
And for his sins' forgiveness	G
a solemn prayer he said	I
Low kneel'd that holy Abbot	J
while the dawn was waxing clear	K
And he pray'd with loving kindness	G
for his convent brethren dear	K
Low kneel'd that blessed Abbot	J
while the dawn was waxing bright	L
He pray'd a great prayer for Ireland	E
he pray'd with all his might	L
Low kneel'd that good old Father	M
while the sun began to dart	N
He pray'd a prayer for all men	B
he pray'd it from his heart	N
His blissful soul was in Heaven	B
tho' a breathing man was he	O
He was out of time's dominion	B
so far as the living may be	O
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The Abbot of Innisfallen	B
arose upon his feet	P
He heard a small bird singing	Q
and O but it sung sweet	P
It sung upon a holly bush	R
this little snow white bird	S
A song so full of gladness	G
he never before had heard	S
It sung upon a hazel	T
it sung upon a thorn	B
He had never heard such music	U
since the hour that he was born	B
It sung upon a sycamore	V
it sung upon a briar	M
To follow the song and hearken	B
this Abbot could never tire	M
Till at last he well bethought him	W
he might no longer stay	C
So he bless'd the little white singing bird	S
and gladly went his way	C
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But when he came to his Abbey	O
he found a wondrous change	X
He saw no friendly faces there	Y
for every face was strange	X
The strange men spoke unto him	W
and he heard from all and each	Z
The foreign tongue of the Sassenach	Z
not wholesome Irish speech	Z
Then the oldest monk came forward	S
in Irish tongue spake he	O
'Thou wearest the holy Augustine's dress	G
and who hath given it to thee '	-
'I wear the Augustine's dress	G
and Cormac is my name	A2
The Abbot of this good Abbey	O
by grace of God I am	B2
I went forth to pray at the dawn of day	C
and when my prayers were said	I
I hearken'd awhile to a little bird	S
that sung above my head '	-
The monks to him made answer	M
'Two hundred years have gone o'er	M
Since our Abbot Cormac went through the gate	C2
and never was heard of more	V
Matthias now is our Abbot	J
and twenty have pass'd away	C
The stranger is lord of Ireland	E
we live in an evil day '	-
'Days will come and go ' he said	I
'and the world will pass away	C
In Heaven a day is a thousand years	G
a thousand years are a day '	-
'Now give me absolution	B
for my time is come ' said he	O
And they gave him absolution	B
as speedily as might be	O
Then close outside the window	D2
the sweetest song they heard	S
That ever yet since the world began	B
was utter'd by any bird	S
The monks look'd out and saw the bird	S
its feathers all white and clean	B
And there in a moment beside it	E2
another white bird was seen	B
Those two they sang together	M
waved their white wings and fled	I
Flew aloft and vanish'd	F2
but the good old man was dead	I
They buried his blessed body	O
where lake and green sward meet	P
A carven cross above his head	I
a holly bush at his feet	P
Where spreads the beautiful water	M
to gay or cloudy skies	G
And the purple peaks of Killarney	B
from ancient woods arise	G

William Allingham

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