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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 193 |
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CHARLOTTE GRACE O'BRIEN
(1845-------)
BOG COTTON ON THE RED BOG
Foynes in June, /8<?j.
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STRONG-WINGED birds from over the moorland dark, On this June day what have you seen ? Where have you been ? "
Where, oh ! where
The golden yellow asphodel makes its boggy home,
And far and near, Spreading in broad bands of silvery silky foam
O'er the moorland drear, The slender-stemmed bog cotton bends in waves of
light, Shaking out its shining tufts for its own delight,
There, oh ! there We have been.
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u O sweet sky-piercing, heaven-mounting lark, On this June day what have you seen ? "
I have seen—I have seen The dark red bog and the king fern green, And the black black pools lying dim between,— The baby heather that blossoms so soon |
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