With permission. Maisie ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 9:48 AM Subject: [Irish Genealogy] "Help The Halloween Party" - Dublin city born (1924) Warren O'CONNELL > HELP THE HALLOWEEN PARTY > > Dark Autumn is the season of the dead > And when my doorbell rings I think I feel > A little startled if not yet afraid > But when I switch the light on in the hall > And opening the door see just the night > Glimpsing bleak roof tops under frosty stars > I hear ... > > 'Help the Hallowe'en Party,' > The low sepulchral voice beneath my chin > Draws down my eyes to where the mummers stand > Their stage my doorstep lighted from the hall > Flaunting their shabby carnival of cast-offs > And looking up with painted grins and scowls. > That's when I truly feel a thrill of fear > As if the infant dead rose from the clay > To ape an age to which they never grew. > > -- Warren O'Connell > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ > > Great place to get help with your family research. > > Help wanted: County Coordinators > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message