unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 7:43 PM Subject: [IRELAND] "National Presage" -- Irish poet John Kells INGRAM (1823-1907) > NATIONAL PRESAGE > > Unhappy Erin, what a lot was thine! > Half-conquered by a greedy robber band; > Ill governed with now lax, now ruthless hand; > Misled by zealots, wresting laws divine > To sanction every dark or mad design; > Lured by false lights of pseudo-patriot league > Through crooked paths of faction and intrigue; > And drugged with selfish flattery's poisoned wine. > Yet, reading all thy mournful history, > Thy children, with a mystic faith sublime, > Turn to the future, confident that Fate, > Become at last thy friend, reserves for thee, > To be thy portion in the coming time, > They know not what -- but surely something great. > > -- John Kells INGRAM (1823-1907) > > > ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== > Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup > volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/ > >