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94 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY
Father Prout
(i805-i866) THE BELLS OF SHANDON
Sabbata Pango, Funera Plango, Solemnia Clango.
—Inscription on an old bell,
WITH deep affection And recollection I often think on Those Shan don bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In days of childhood, Fling round my cradle
Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee; With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the River Lee.
I've heard bells chiming Full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine; |
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