The rhymed life of St Patrick Written by Katharine Tynan: With pictures by L. D. Symington: And a foreword by Lieut.-General Sir William Butler |
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St Patrick chooses his Cathedral Site |
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St Patrick chooses his Cathedral Site
St Patrick walked with the King to chooseThe site for the church to the King of the Jews.
He saw where a doe and a fawn lay,
Mother and child sweetly at play;
And the King's men were eager to slay.
“Nay,” said Patrick, “these two I claim.”
He took the fawn, bright as a blossom,
Dappled and silky into his bosom;
And the doe trotting beside him came.
Where he put down the fawn on the hill,
His great Cathedral honours him still.
And still 'tis said of Patrick the blest
That he carries the Irish Church in his breast.
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