Rambles through the British Isles . \MiiA. IX. The Yale of Avoca, There is not in the •wide world a valley so sweet,As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart,Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart I Moore. ^^Ay^^^CXlMA ^ ^^^^ Dublin, witbout going to see the Vale>>\iy^it^i~\4fl of Avoca, would be to pass by the mostinteresting and romantic place in all Ireland.^;.. d^ Through the writings of Mr. Thomas Moore,the Irish have^me to look upon this Vale as theloveliest spot on earth ! Taking a heck-car in Dublin, which
Rambles through the British Isles . \MiiA. IX. The Yale of Avoca, There is not in the •wide world a valley so sweet,As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet;Oh, the last rays of feeling and life must depart,Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart I Moore. ^^Ay^^^CXlMA ^ ^^^^ Dublin, witbout going to see the Vale>>\iy^it^i~\4fl of Avoca, would be to pass by the mostinteresting and romantic place in all Ireland.^;.. d^ Through the writings of Mr. Thomas Moore,the Irish have^me to look upon this Vale as theloveliest spot on earth ! Taking a heck-car in Dublin, which willcost from fifty to seventy-five cents, you may see allof the Vale, worth seeing, in half a day. Through the centerof the valley, which is eight miles long, and about a quarter ofa mile in width, runs a little bright, sparkling stream, whosebanks are covered with picturesque groups of trees, and oneither side of which rise lofty hills, time-worn and ivy-mantledrocks—the whole making up a picture rich in landscapebeauty.
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