Poems you ought to know . THE WIDOW MALONE. BY CHAELES LEVER. Charles James Lever was born at Dublin in 1806. He was a graduateof Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards became a physician, as wellas a journalist, and the editor of the Dublin University Magazine. Hewas consul at Spezzia in 1858, and later at Trieste, where he died in1872. His poems, when he did not try to be serious, are full of humorand rhythm. He wrote, among other novels, Harry Lorrequer,Charles OMalley, and Tom Burke of Ours. Did you hear of the Widow Malone, Ohone!Who lived in the town of Athlone, Alone ?Oh! she melted th
Poems you ought to know . THE WIDOW MALONE. BY CHAELES LEVER. Charles James Lever was born at Dublin in 1806. He was a graduateof Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards became a physician, as wellas a journalist, and the editor of the Dublin University Magazine. Hewas consul at Spezzia in 1858, and later at Trieste, where he died in1872. His poems, when he did not try to be serious, are full of humorand rhythm. He wrote, among other novels, Harry Lorrequer,Charles OMalley, and Tom Burke of Ours. Did you hear of the Widow Malone, Ohone!Who lived in the town of Athlone, Alone ?Oh! she melted the heartsOf the swains in them parts—So lovely the Widow Malone, Ohone!So lovely the Widow Malone. Of lovers she had a full score Or more;And fortunes they all had galore, In store;From the minister downTo the clerk of the crown,All were courting the Widow Malone, Ohone!All were courting the Widow Malone. But so modest was Mistress Malone, Twas knownThat no one could see her alone, Ohone! 2l8 Let them ogle and sigh, They
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