And the bat, grotesque and blind,

And the wind.

Just a shard of shattered hope

On a barren Kerry slope;

Just a ruin in the rain,

Rahinane!

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THE WIND OF MOURNE

The wind of Mourne comes over the hill,

Over the hill with a trill of song,

And the word of the wind sets my heart athrill,—