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Bog-land Studies

By J. Barlow: 3rd ed
Barlow, Jane (1857?-1917)

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LAST TIME AT M'GURK'S
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BY THE BOG-HOLE
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PAST PRAYING FOR OR, THE SOUPER'S WIDOW
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MISS HONOR'S WEDDING
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A CURLEW'S CALL

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‘The raison o' that,’ sez he, ‘is, we wouldn't let thim despair,
Cliver an' clane, any more than we'd show thim the whole of it clear;
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So wanst in a while we've given to some poor crathur o' thim
A glimpse at this place, but on'y lapt up in a mist like an' dim.
An' as soon as it slips from their sight 'tis dhrowned in the darkness deep,
Till sometimes they doubt afther all if 'twas aught but a dhrame in their sleep.
An' the rest spy nothin' at all, but they hear from the folks that do,
An' they wish it so bad that often they believe they believe it's thrue.
‘But suppose, now, wan that was hungry could watch unbeknownst thro' a chink
Where some had a faste preparin', the finest ye ever could think,
If he thought he 'd a chance o' the thrate, sure it's quiet an' still he'd wait,
For fear if he came ere they called they'd be puttin' him out of it sthraight.’
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