Francis Duggan Poems

Is there a heavenly paradise beyond the sky
Where good souls with wings post bodily death to do fly?
For an answer to such ask other than me
Though even theologians on such a matter disagree
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A baby boy born into royalty and great wealth and fame
For him special privileges by birthright and George is his name
One destined for to become a king one day
The privileged few do have all of the luck it does seem this way
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Does it matter in the end if you travel far and wide
Or if you live till the day you die in your hometown or countryside
Since your life a destined journey that will end for you one day
The longer you live the sooner you will die as some do like to say
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Her shoulder length wavy hair as dark as the wing of a crow
The girl from the place where the dark Loddon flow
With a babble that is never silent by night or by day
Towards it's destiny the ocean in miles far away
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The overcast sky looking gloomy and gray
But the temperature pleasant for a mid Winter's day
A high for the day of sixteen degrees
And only the slightest of chill in the breeze
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You may be living in a hovel and in extreme poverty
But feel inwardly contented and as happy as can be
Whilst the billionaire with everything does worry night and day
Most human beings are hard to satisfy or it does seem this way
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Of men who died bravely in battle stories we read of and hear
Perhaps of the fear of death they had lost their fear
But dying without fear hardly proves one as brave
Some have a secret wish for an early grave
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From him care and worry does seem far away
The one known as happy go lucky does laugh every day
He does not have children or he does not have a wife
Yet he is a fellow who does laugh at life
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Of their imprint on the history of Ireland they cannot be denied
But De Valera and Collins were known to divide
Even family members in Ireland's civil strife
When many people died in a tragic loss of life
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We dislike in others in what in ourselves we do see
The words of a wise one would you not agree?
Though this is not always it seems fair to say
In some cases anyhow it is this way
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