. Fire and air . 3j%f| ETHINKS that Shakespeares /^^^ cloud-capped towers Were born where Windsors beauty flowers In the fair valley of the Thames;Surely thy splendor filled his rose his gorgeous palaces Beneath the pen that dipped in flames. Thy chapels, vaulted like the skyAnd starred with fairy tracery, His solemn temples seem to did wealth and beauty wedIn such bright glory as is shed From thy crowned brow of majesty. Never such glamor filled the eye,As Englands towering royalty!. m%£ ^Blitrtt££ $ltttl£ &Mk Y LIPS have kissed the Blarney Stone,itmll Which quaint traditio
. Fire and air . 3j%f| ETHINKS that Shakespeares /^^^ cloud-capped towers Were born where Windsors beauty flowers In the fair valley of the Thames;Surely thy splendor filled his rose his gorgeous palaces Beneath the pen that dipped in flames. Thy chapels, vaulted like the skyAnd starred with fairy tracery, His solemn temples seem to did wealth and beauty wedIn such bright glory as is shed From thy crowned brow of majesty. Never such glamor filled the eye,As Englands towering royalty!. m%£ ^Blitrtt££ $ltttl£ &Mk Y LIPS have kissed the Blarney Stone,itmll Which quaint tradition makes the throneOf eloquence and poesy;My feet have climbed the castle walls,My voice has echoed through the hallsOf minstrelsy and melody! Crown jewel of the Emerald Isle,Bright talisman, thou sacred pile Of story sweet and fantasy!Thy summit like Olympus crownedWooes heavens muse, and scorns the ground With its poor pilgrim wooing thee! High on thy loftiest battlement,Where sun and wind may kiss content And mortal is forbidden thee,—High must the Blarney Pilgrim climbBy many a winding stair betime, Ere he may even look on thee! And when the lover wins the bower,Still in thy coyness wilt thou cower From his devout caresses free;And hands and feet must all entwineTo let his cheek descend to thine. To wed his lips to poetry! Oer many a mile of land and seaI pilgrimaged to look on thee,— To greet thy walls and towers;Methinks the path of poesyIs like the steps that lead to thee, Whos
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