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In early morning twilight raw and chill	A
Damp vapours brooding on the barren hill	A
Through miles of mire in steady grave array	B
Threescore well arm'd police pursue their way	B
Each tall and bearded man a rifle swings	C
And under each greatcoat a bayonet clings	C
The Sheriff on his sturdy cob astride	D
Talks with the chief who marches by their side	D
And creeping on behind them Paudeen Dhu	E
Pretends his needful duty much to rue	F
Six big boned labourers clad in common freize	C
Walk in the midst the Sheriff's staunch allies	C
Six crowbar men from distant county brought	G
Orange and glorying in their work 'tis thought	G
But wrongly churls of Catholics are they	B
And merely hired at half a crown a day	B
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The hamlet clustering on its hill is seen	H
A score of petty homesteads dark and mean	H
Poor always not despairing until now	I
Long used as well as poverty knows how	I
With life's oppressive trifles to contend	J
This day will bring its history to an end	J
Moveless and grim against the cottage walls	C
Lean a few silent men but someone calls	C
Far off and then a child 'without a stitch'	K
Runs out of doors flies back with piercing screech	K
And soon from house to house is heard the cry	L
Of female sorrow swelling loud and high	L
Which makes the men blaspheme between their teeth	M
Meanwhile o'er fence and watery field beneath	M
The little army moves through drizzling rain	N
A 'Crowbar' leads the Sheriff's nag the lane	N
Is enter'd and their plashing tramp draws near	O
One instant outcry holds its breath to hear	P
'Halt ' at the doors they form in double line	Q
And ranks of polish'd rifles wetly shine	Q
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The Sheriff's painful duty must be done	R
He begs for quiet and the work's begun	R
The strong stand ready now appear the rest	S
Girl matron grandsire baby on the breast	S
And Rosy's thin face on a pallet borne	T
A motley concourse feeble and forlorn	T
One old man tears upon his wrinkled cheek	U
Stands trembling on a threshold tries to speak	U
But in defect of any word for this	C
Mutely upon the doorpost prints a kiss	C
Then passes out for ever Through the crowd	V
The children run bewilder'd wailing loud	V
Where needed most the men combine their aid	W
And last of all is Oona forth convey'd	W
Reclined in her accustom'd strawen chair	X
Her aged eyelids closed her thick white hair	X
Escaping from her cap she feels the chill	A
Looks round and murmurs then again is still	A
Now bring the remnants of each household fire	Y
On the wet ground the hissing coals expire	Z
And Paudeen Dhu with meekly dismal face	C
Receives the full possession of the place	C

William Allingham

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