Patriotic Song / A book of English verse, being an anthology of the patriotic poetry of the British Empire, from the defeat of the Spanish Armada till the death of Queen Victoria

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Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland (Dublin: Gill & Son, 1888). By permission of the author. Clonmacnois, founded by St. Kieran in the sixth century, was for many generations one of the greatest ecclesiastical establishments and centres of learning in Ireland. It was the chosen burial-place of many royal and noble families.

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The Wind in the Trees (Grant Richards, 1898). By permission of the author.

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Poems (Elkin Mathews, 1895). By permission of author and publisher.

l. 2. Inisfail (i.e. ‘The Isle of Destiny’), an ancient name of Ireland.

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Poems (Toronto: Dudley & Burns, 1888). By permission of the author. The Nile Expeditionary Force for the relief of General Gordon was conveyed up the river in flat-bottomed boats navigated by Canadian Indians (voyageurs).