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MAIRE BHAN ASTÒR.*

IN a valley far away,

With my Maire bhan Astor, Short would be the summer day,

Ever loving more and more. Winter days would all grow long,

With the light her heart would pour,

With her kisses and her song,

And her loving mait go leor.
Fond is Maire bhan Astor,
Fair is Maire bhan Astor,
Sweet as ripple on the shore
Sings my Maire bhan Astòr.

Oh! her sire is very proud,

And her mother cold as stone;

But her brother bravely vowed

She should be my bride alone; For he knew I loved her well,

And he knew she loved me too,
So he thought their pride to quell,
But 't was all in vain to sue.

True is Maire bhan Astor,
Tried is Maire bhan Astòr;
Had I wings, I'd never soar
From my Maire bhan Astòr.

There are lands where manly toil

Surely reaps the crop it sows ; Glorious wood and teeming soil,

Where the broad Missouri flows;
Through the trees the smoke shall rise

From our hearth with mait go leor,
There shall shine the happy eyes
Of my Maire bhan Astor.

Mild is Maire bhan Astor,
Mine is Maire bhan Astor,

Saints will watch about the door

Of my Maire bhan Astòr.

THOMAS DAVIS.

Maire bhan Astor-"Mary my treasure."

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YE blessed Creatures, I have heard the call

Ye to each other make; I see

The heavens laugh with you in your jubilee;
My heart is at your festival,

My head hath its coronal,

The fulness of your bliss, I feel I feel it all.
Oh, evil day! if I were sullen
While the Earth herself is adorning,

This sweet May morning;

And children are pulling

On every side,

In a thousand valleys far and wide,

Fresh flowers; while the sun shines warm, And the Babe leaps up on his Mother's arm :

I hear, I hear, with joy I hear!

-But there's a Tree, of many, one,

A single Field which I have looked upon,

Both of them speak of something that is gone:
The Pansy at my feet

Doth the same tale repeat:

Whither is fled the visionary gleam?

Where is it now, the glory and the dream?

WORDSWORTH.

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