(Walter Snooks).Ģ Tyndall was in Kinsale, working for the Irish Ordnance Survey. RI MS JT 8/2/1/3–4 7 Typewritten transcript onlyġ Written under the pseudonym W. Shall burst in thunders o’er thee-bloody man. Thy day arrives-the widow’s withering ban 6 Tho’ Titan-like you raise your impious handĪnd brandish in high heav’ns face your brand So long above thee waiting the decree of slumbering vengeance to descend on thee Of Justice-tho’ the hair-held sword has hung Prostrate you lie-each burning tear that’s shed While reeking ’neath O’Connell’s 5 vampyre fangs Where peace sat smilingly gloomy terror reignsĭiscords black banner now each Zephyr fills Her glimmering incense cheered each passing gloomĪlas how changed, these Halcyon days are o’erĪnd drooping Carlow must their loss deploreĪnd noisome vermin * gloat upon her blood Or friendships mourned her Sacred Courts profaned In reckless frolic gambolled with thy sprayĮre sanguine strife thy hollows had bestained T’inhale the breeze that freshened o’er thy breathĪnd when from Zenith fall the scorching ray I've trod thy banks in summer beauty drest Rolls liquid chrystal to the distant sea 3įall oft when morning tinged the orient skyĪnd heav’ns calm azure spread itself on high Sweet blissful spot! where Barrow fair and free When bright and happy life’s perspective shoneĮach dancing stream that woos the Suns bright raysĮach wee wild flower that blossoms on thy braesĮach shrub that sheds its fragrance in the dellĪround my soul has cast a hallowed spell. Where young imagination first took flightĪnd roam’d unshackled thro’ the realms of light, In lingering lispings on my infant tongue Sweet spot! where first th’imperfect accent hung Annotations to this poem are derived from this letter. The published version has different punctuation in places.ĥ young ONeill: the son of Terence O’Neill, of the Swan Inn hotel, Leighlinbridge, who had written two letters about the Repeal of the Union (see letter 0098, TC1).Ħ Repeal!: referring to the movement led by Daniel O’Connell (1775–1847) to repeal the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.ħ Bawnague: probably Bawnogue or Bownoge, near Baltinglass, about 12 miles north-west of Carlow.Ĩ Barrow’s: the River Barrow, which flows through Leighlinbridge.ĩ ‘Captain’s’: probably Captain Thomas Woodcock (see letters 00, TC1).ġ0 Baalam’s gift: the gift of prophecy (Numbers 22: 1–3).ġ2 Tim: either Timothy Hennessy or Terence O’Neill’s son, both mentioned earlier in the letter 0101, TC1.ġ3 ‘Unwept – unhonoured – and unknown’: misquotation of ‘Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung’ in Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), VI.i.16.ġ4 See also John Tyndall to Editor of The Carlow Sentinel, 12 October 1841 (letter 0101, TC1). The poem was published in The Carlow Sentinel, 16 October 1841. DeArce, McGing and McMillan ( 2013–14) suggest that this is a reference to the nationalist romanticism of Sir Walter Scott as an inspiration.Ģ Tyndall was in Kinsale, working for the Irish Ordnance Survey. RI MS JT 8/2/1/1–2 14 Typewritten transcript onlyġ Written under the pseudonym W. (Sure youthful hearts will pant for glory) List! 4 Carlow list! while young ONeill 5 Her cloud-capped hills and mouldering fanes! What sounds are these which strong and clear Annotations to this poem are derived from this letter.ģ The Leighlin “Orators”-or, ‘The late repeal meeting’ 1 12 October 1841 2 He won a by-election in December 1840, following the death of the standing Liberal MP, and was re-elected at the General Election in July 1841.Ģ Tyndall was in Kinsale, working for the Irish Ordnance Survey.Ĥ Barrow’s beauteous banks: the River Barrow, which flows through Carlow.ĥ Breathes there … native land: Walter Scott, The Last Lay of the Minstrel (1805), VI.i.1–3.Ħ See also John Tyndall to his father, 22 July 1841 (letter 0080, TC1). He returned to Parliament later that year after a contested by-election but was defeated in the General Election of 1837. A wealthy Protestant, Tory landowner and man of influence, he represented Carlow County in Parliament from 1812 until 1831 and then stood again in 1835, but the result was contested. Bruen (1789–1852) resided on the family’s Oak Park Estate on the northern outskirts of Carlow and was the colonel of the Carlow Regiment of Militia. 6), following the victory of the Conservative candidates Colonel Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury in the 1841 General Election for County Carlow. ‘Breathes there a man with a soul so deadġ This is written in a letter to his father (see n. I–ncense the balmiest on thy path be shedĪ–nd seraphs watch around thy peaceful bedġ Possibly Maria Payne, his cousin, who wrote quite intimately to Tyndall.Ģ There is a second version at RI MS JT/8/2/1/11, dated Youghal 1840. R–est sweet one rest devoid of care or dread M–ay heaven its choicest holiest blessings strewĪ–nd beam its purest, brightest rays on you
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