[<o ] 
of his countrymen as joined the forces of King James at the 
battle of the Boyne, thus fings to his falfe miftrefs : 
¢ 
aa 
Sweet-would feem the holly’s fhade, 
“ Bright the cluftring berries glowing ; 
And, in fcented bloom array’d, 
*¢ Apple-blofloms round us blowing. 
¢ 
ra 
a 
ray 
Creffes, waving in the ftream, 
“ Flowers its gentle banks perfuming ; 
a 
so 
Sweet the verdant paths would feem, 
« All in rich lusuriance blooming *.” 
And Carolan is indebted to the garden for this delicate compli- 
ament to Mable Kelly: 
“ As when the foftly blufhing rofe 
“ Clofe by fome neighbouring lily grows ; 
“ Such is the glow thy cheeks diffufe, 
“« And fuch their bright and blended hues +.” 
Bur to refume the thread of this effay: The faint attempts at 
gardening by the monks were totally defeated by the Refor- 
mation. Stripped of their lands, and their habitations, and 
turned adrift on this “ fea of troubles,’ 
fay to one another in the words of Candide, “ i faut cultiver 
“ notre jardin.” So that Fynes Moryfon (a minute obferver) 
Vot. IV. [B] who 
? 
they could no longer 
* Relig. of Irifh Poetry, p. 210. 
+, Ibid. p. 251. 
