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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 297 |
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It was the warrior within
Who called : " Awake! prepare for fight! Yet lose not memory in the din;
Make of thy gentleness thy might;
" Make of thy silence words to shake The long enthroned kings of earth :
Make of thy will the force to break
Their towers of wantonness and mirth."
It was the wise all-seeing soul
Who counseled neither war nor peace: " Only be thou thyself that goal
In which the wars of Time shall cease."
MALACHY RYAN
ROSE ADAIR
V I ^WAS in green-leafy spring-time, When the birds on every tree Were breakin' all their little hearts In a merry melody; An' the young buds hung like tassels An' the flowers grew everywhere — 'Twas in green-leafy spring-time I met sweet Rose Adair.
O Rose Adair ! O Rose Adair !
You are the radiant sun, The blossomed trees, an' scented breeze,
An' song birds all in one. |
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