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K, I VOL. 1I.-No. 10. BELFAST, 4TH OCTOBER, 1897. PRICE TWOPENCE. ,
(l L So I bade mv cailin '1 f nd “ (‘ood-hv ”'
. L ie Son g of the Youthful Bard. W ;mmC.r hen i-H ‘om. ' .0-
‘? T“ s T’ V My father frowned ;, and though hopeful I,
1 SIXTEENTII CENTURY. My heart had its share of fears.
r ‘ M I And off I sped o‘er the mountain's head
, g. , To list to tiie counsels wise
, tit IN one of Dr. Hyde’s recent lectures there is a graphic description That would “me my tongue m “.1”, Nature Sung)
of the methods and style adopted in the Irish Bardie Schools to train And ope to her glow my eyes.
aspirants for the poetic brotherhood. The candidates were obliged
to leave their homes and serve a regular apprenticeship iimler some
one of the acknowledged masters of poetry. The present is an
attempt to describe the feelings of one of those youths on his arrival
I'd forfeit station and wealth to gain
The lore that the valleys own,
To catch tli’ uncliainnhle breezes‘ strain
Or the murinuring river‘s tone:
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‘I. g m we college of O Gmve’ the chief bard of 0 N61” :‘ And mould to rhyme that would rival time,
, l .<, I left my home in the liarvest time The notes from them all that ring,
For the mansion of O’Gnive, For though purple warms ii liuiidred forms
To learn the inastership of rhyme The poet alone is king.
And my shifting thoughts to weave, FEM, X‘ M[.m.“K. ’
, To sound and songs for all day long Celtic Literary Society, Dublin. ,
id > . A something in me cried, r
‘."‘f"’r"'-if ' “Away! away! from the dull today, :1: '
‘ ‘ Away to the mountain side.” kit;
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. I hearltenetl, long but I heeded naught, the Bocht of the Ballaclj, l ’
I‘ ‘ [ , For comfort was mine at 1iomc;- ’ ‘
. , But still the whispering voices sought ; ‘e
, r T0 “mill "W llen“ ‘O ’03‘“- VI:-THE MASTHER’S LOVE STORY. . ‘
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“ Oh, naught,” they said, “ of the sunset red,
3 Or the gold of dawn are thine; ,
1 From worldly men, come, come to the glen T is a subtle trickster, Love, that delights before
l Wham me SW5 in splendour Sl'i"e'” all to enmesh him who in his vain conceit rashly
‘ ' ‘ The trees, as listlessly to and fro, did Snap his fmgers at it.
,l They swung to die passing wind’ From more serious thoughts and studies it
, i Spake unto my spirit, soft and low- I
i’ X “Leave fortune and friends behind, was sweet recreation to the Masther to play-
l 7 And list Wlmt HeaVen’S klml llfmd lmlll L'lVe“ fully toss the ball ofLove, and toy with it-little, little dreain- ,
U‘ ‘I T0 “V” and blrd and me’ x ing, 0 Simpletoii, that he played with It bomb. But his hour ',
-ufu. ,. For man to turn to thoughts that burn , . . . ’
. 1 came, and, poor fellow, in the bitterness of his soul he Lnev.
In perishless melody.”
it when too late.
Dreams, too, would come when memory fled ' . . .
From ever he got leisure to cultivate the amenities of life
And sleep had banished time,
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The “'l1lSl’6TlnS V0lCe5 found 1")’ bed the Masther endeared himself in an especial manner to the
I , I K"l"F“”““““9 the “me OM rhyme" young and fair of “ the daughters of Eve,” as he entitled them.
From hills and trees, from streams and breeze . .
i The luring accents tell, All diversions and sprees the Masther attended, to the open
(E “ Fl)’: ll)’ W9)’ “Om llle dull 10-d-“)3 delight of the cailins, for with him came ever, hand in hand, j
‘ V , I AM hm“ "hm “five to ten", Mirth, and Gaiety, and light-hearted Lovemaking. For half
. I 90”“ “M my’ h” “1l)0"l>'i“3 grew a kingdom I would not have it understood that he deluded or
' ' Unknowinwl ' in in resist, , . . ' ) > - , , .
:1 ’ T0100]: on dicyslmlczthe moonlight mm“, deceived the girls. His art was front the gt.l‘tl(l.llt) that eier
, When the world was all at rest. , mantled and overflowed the howl of his heart. He gave love
E ‘ T0 llst W lllc SONS: i15lt<l5"‘CC‘l 310%: iii banter, and had it so meted to him: and the signal
Thai the river “"3 me ‘recs’ . advantage was that though the mutual pleasure was ever
, "Pg, And catch the note from the hlacl<bird’s throat I . 3 Id 1 Utibuminws follow. .-
, I‘ ;m it did upon the breeze. fresh and ex er flowed, there eou no ie. ,, ‘Q
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