A Little Tour in Ireland by S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds) Hole

Author:S. Reynolds (Samuel Reynolds) Hole [Hole, S. Reynolds]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783337495770
Google: Yuz0tQEACAAJ
Publisher: hansebooks
Published: 2018-04-18T03:09:30+00:00

why he's not the man for Galway, and had better keep away from it.

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CHAPTER XI. FROM GALLWAY TO LIMERICK

WE witnessed at the railway station, on our arrival at Galway, a most painful and touching scene,—the departure of some emigrants, and their last separation, here on earth, from dear relations and friends. The train was about to start, and the platform was crowded with men, women, and children, pressing round to take a last fond look. Ever and anon, a mother or a sister would force a way into the carriages, flinging her arms around her beloved, only to be separated by a superior strength, and parting from them with such looks of misery as disturbed the soul with pity. And then, for the first time, we heard the wild Irish “cry,” beginning with a low, plaintive wail, and gradually rising in its tone of intense sorrow, until

“Lamentis, gemituque et fæmineo ululatu Tecta fremunt.”

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