Irish Minstrelsy; a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics And Ballads; Original ...
Irish Minstrelsy; a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics And Ballads; Original ...
H.Halliday Sparling (Ed), H.Halliday Sparling, Ed
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Digitized by LjOOQ IC JAMES fOSEPH CALLANAN, 291 I pity her who never more will know Contentment here below : Who fed them at the fountain of her breast, And hushed their infant rest. Her faded eyes, her anguish speak, And her clasped hands, so weak ; Tis she, alas ! of Erin's daughters Hath seen the ruin of slaughters* J, J. Callanan, * This last expression may appear strange to the English reader, but it is a literal translation of the original. — ^Tr. Digitized by LjOOQ IC 292 SAMUEL FERGUSO...N. PASTHEEN FION. TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH. [In Hardiman*s ''Irish Minstrelsy," vol. i., p. 330, there is a note upon the original of Paistheen Fion, The name may be translated either " fair youth "or ** fair maiden," and the writer supposes it to have a political meaning, and to refer to the son of James II. — D. F. M*C.] O MY fair Pastheen is my heart's delight ; Her gay heart laughs in her blue eye bright ; Like the apple blossom her bosom white, And her neck like the swan's on a March morn bright !
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