THE HON. EMILY LAWLESS
1845-1913
147. Fontenoy (1745)
After the Battle: early dawn, Clare coast
‘Mary mother, shield us! Say, what men are ye,
Sweeping past so swiftly in this morning sea?’
‘Without sails or rowlocks merrily we glide
Home to Corca Bascuin on the brimming tide.’
‘Jesus save you, gentry! why are ye so white,
Sitting all so straight and still in this misty light?’