Thomas Osborne Davis Poems

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She is a rich and rare land;
Oh! she's a fresh and fair land;
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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
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The Geraldines! The Geraldines! - 'tis full a thousand years
Since, 'mid the Tuscan vineyards, bright flashed their
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AIR--_An Cota Caol._
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His kiss is sweet, his word is kind,
His love is rich to me
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A Nation's voice, a nation's voice--
It is a solemn thing!
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We hate the Saxon and the Dane,
We hate the Norman men--
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How soft is the moon on Glengariff,
The rocks seem to melt with the light:
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In Bodenstown Churchyard there is a green grave,
And wildly along it the winter winds rave;
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AIR--_The Brink of the White Rocks._
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When all beside a vigil keep,
The West's asleep, the West's asleep--
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Let Britain boast her British hosts,
About them all right little care we;
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