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368 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF
William Orr to execution was led on :
The jury, drunk, agreed
That Irish was his creed : For perjury and threats drove them on, boys—on. Here's the memory of John Mitchel that is gone !
In 'Ninety-Eight—the month July —
The informer's pay was high; When Reynolds gave the gallows brave MacCann;
But MacCann was Reynolds' first —
One could not allay his thirst; So he brought up Bond and Byrne that are gone,
boys—gone. Here's the memory of the friends that are gone I
We saw a nation's tears
Shed for John and Henry Sheares; Betrayed by Judas, Captain Armstrong :
We may forgive, but yet
We never can forget .The poisoning of Maguire ' that is gone, boys—gone : Our high Star and true Apostle that is gone !
How did Lord Edward die ?
Like a man, without a sigh ! But he left his handiwork on Major Swan
But Sirr, with steel-clad breast
And coward heart at best, Left us cause to mourn Lord Edward that is gone,
boys—gone. Here's the memory of our friends that are gone !
1 Father Tom Maguire, trie well-known Catholic controvert sialist. |
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