http://castlegarden.org/about.html Thanks, lister, for reminding me of this resource. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:24 PM Subject: [IRELAND] Walt WHITMAN, NY Poet,Noted Chronicler of American Life

THE BEGGARS HOME Twas Christmas Eve And All The Streets Were Thronged With Passers To And Fro And Everyone Looked Bright And Glad Except A Little Beggar Lad, Who Had No Home Where He Could Go He Heard, With Tear Drops On His Cheeks The Merry Sound Of Children's Glee; And Drawing From The Crowd Apart, A Cry Of Sorrow Filled His Heart- "They All Have Got A Home But Me!, But When The Tide Of Human Life Along The Pavement Ceased To Sweep, With Naught To Rest On But A Stone. Hungry And Homeless- All Alone, The Little Outcast Fell Asleep. The Christmas Bells Rang Out With Peals To Show The Christmas Dawn Had Come; And While They Hailed A Saviour's Birth, The Saviour Jesus Stooped To Earth, And Took The Weary Beggar Home. Wexford Newspaper 1836 Co Wexford Ireland Transcribed by Cara 2006