Ireland for the Irish Rhymes and Reasons Against Landlordism with a Preface on Fenianism and Republicanism. By W. J. Linton, Formerly of the Irish "Nation" |
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English Serf, Distrust grown sallow,
Crops his ground in dread;
Wears it out: why care for fallow?
Reap the quicker bread!
Murder's waste is Irish fallow:
Doubt ne'er makes his bed.
Crops his ground in dread;
Wears it out: why care for fallow?
Reap the quicker bread!
Murder's waste is Irish fallow:
Doubt ne'er makes his bed.
Landed Ass! if wastes are fallows,
Shear thy golden fleece!
Hang your scarecrow on a gallows:
Never mind a lease!
Folly's fields are always fallows:
Whose is their increase?
Shear thy golden fleece!
Hang your scarecrow on a gallows:
Never mind a lease!
Folly's fields are always fallows:
Whose is their increase?
Who would plough for swine to wallow
Where the corn should be?
Earth! when shall thy waste be fallow,
And thy children free?
Hungry Toil! when Justice Shallow
Marries Hope to thee.
Where the corn should be?
Earth! when shall thy waste be fallow,
And thy children free?
Hungry Toil! when Justice Shallow
Marries Hope to thee.
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