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From the Land of Dreams

By John Todhunter. With an introduction by T. W. Rolleston
Todhunter, John (1839-1916)

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DEDICATION
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LYRICS AND BALLADS
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DREAMS IN EXILE
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SONGS
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VERSES FOR MUSIC
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BARDIC TALES
  
NINETY-EIGHT
  
UNDER THE WHITEBOY ACTS, 1800
  
THE SUNBURST

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NINETY-EIGHT

Written 1898

I

A hundred years are gone
Since Ninety-eight.
What has our Nation done
Since Ninety-eight?
Shines brighter now the sun?
What progress, small or great?
What victories have we won
Since Ninety-eight?

II

Nine hundred years, upon
The waters, desolate,
Wept Lir's enchanted Swan,
Driven by the Witch's hate.
Like that enchanted Swan
Driven by the Witch's hate
Has Ireland drifted on,
Tossed by the storms of fate.

III

Now brighter shines her sun,
Her day of sorrow past,
Her long enchantment done,
She spreads her wings at last.
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