Poems

Love And Death A Fable From Æsop — Versified and De-Versified: Cupid, one day, was surprised in a shower of rain, (He’s a delicate fellow); So, […]

MacCarthy’s Grave: A Legend of Killarney The breeze was fresh, the morn was fair, The stag had left his dewy lair, To cheering horn and baying […]

Molly Carew Och hone! and what will I do? Sure my love is all crost Like a bud in the frost; And there’s no use at […]

Ned Of The Hill Dark is the evening and silent the hour; Who is the minstrel by yonder lone tow’r His harp all so tenderly touching […]

Nymph of Niagra Written On Lake Ontario, Immediately After Leaving The Falls Nymph of Niagara! Sprite of the mist! With a wild magic my brow thou […]

Oh! Watch You Well By Daylight Oh! watch you well by daylight, By daylight may you fear, But take no watch in darkness– The angels then […]

Old Westminster Hall Inscribed To The London Irish, London SCottish, Westeminster, And Other Rifle Corps That First Drilled IN Westminter Hall: A toast I give, and […]

Rory O’More Young Rory O’More courted Kathleen Bawn, He was bold as a hawk,–she as soft as the dawn; He wished in his heart pretty Kathleen […]

Song Of The London Irish Volunteer Rifles Ere the great Patron Saints of the Nations came forth, Predestin’d in order were months for their birth, And […]

St. Kevin — A Legend of Glendalough At Glendalough lived a young saint, In odor of sanctity dwelling, An old-fashion’d odor, which now We seldom or […]