History & Politics
After Aughrim
From Irish Minstrelsy, ed. H. Halliday Sparling (1888)
History & Politics
Do you remember, long ago,
Kathaleen ?
When your lover whispered low,
" Shall I stay or shall I go,
Kathaleen ? "
And you answered proudly, " Go !
And join King James and strike a blow
For the Green."
Mavrone, your hair is white as snow,
Kathaleen ;
Your heart is sad and full of woe,
Do you repent you made him go,
Kathaleen ?
And quick you answer proudly, " No !
For better die with Sarsfield so,
Than live a slave without a blow
For the Green."
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MLA
Geoghegan, Arthur Gerald. “After Aughrim.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/geoghegan/0/.
Chicago
Geoghegan, Arthur Gerald. “After Aughrim.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/geoghegan/0/.
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