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Would I might dream, my lord, my friend, that since thou hast not been found, 



Some fairy maid has borne thee far from the reddened slaughter ground ; 



As young Dunlaing was kept, men say, by a glad immortal's side, 



On Cluaintarav's fatal day, when southern Brian died. 



Ah, no ! there was never a fairy spell could hold thee in its thrall ! 



Thou wouldst rouse at the Northern rallying cry and rise at the battle-call. 



Thou wouldst leap from the arms of thy dearest love and burst from the maigc 



To take thy stand with sword in hand, by the side of Ireland's king. [ring 



And so, 

 Thou art dead with thy lord the King ! 



Oh, dear dark eyes of my childho id's friend, must I change from young to old, 

 Must I dare the length of cheerless days and not your glance behold j 

 Then life fly past and death come fast and the flames of purging fire 

 Shall warm my heart with the gladdening thought of a nearly won desire, 

 And when I come to the heavenly place, as I hope to win me there 

 By the trust I put in redeeming grace and penitence and prayer. 

 I will fix my eyes in reverent wise on the countenance divine 

 Of the Lord of Love and Heaven's Oueen above, and then I shall look for thine 

 Yes, first in heaven for thine, [O' Cahan. 



Ere ever another mortal face, my lord, my friend for thine. 



E. Morrissey, Member, finished the evening with a prose 

 selection from the " Gaelic Journal." 



Wm. Gray, M.R.I.A., said the whole evening reflected credit 

 upon the Club, more especially upon Mr. O'Shea, the able 

 teacher of the Celtic Class, who deserved the greatest praise 

 for his voluntary services in advancing the study of the Irish 

 language. Mr. Gray was well supported by Mr. M'Ginley in 

 an eloquent and fluent speech delivered in Irish. The President 

 endorsed all that had been said, and the meeting concluded. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The thirty-first Annual Meeting was held in the Museum on 

 the 25th April — the President in the chair. 



Francis Joseph Bigger, Secretary, read the report, and Wm. 

 H. Phillips, Treasurer, read the statement of accounts, both of 



