Kathleen Mavourneen
(Kathleen My Darling)
~1863
Frederick William Nicholls Crouch
Anne Crawford
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Kathleen, mavourneen, the grey dawn is breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill.
The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
Kathleen, mavourneen, what! Slumbering still?

Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?
Oh, hast thou forgotten this day we must part?
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
It may be for years and it may be forever,
Then why art thou silent, Kathleen, mavourneen?

Kathleen, mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers,
The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light.
Ah! Where is the spell that once hung on thy numbers,
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night!

Mavourneen, mavourneen, my sad tears are falling,
To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
It may be for years and it may be forever,
Then why art thou silent, Kathleen, mavourneen?

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MARY WARE's
PPROMISED LAND
by
Annie Fellows Johnston
(1863-1931)
Published 1912
L. C. PAGE & CO

Illustrated by John Goss

"TO 
MISS FANNY CRAIG
THE 'MISS ALLISON' OF THESE STORIES,
WHOSE 'ROAD OF THE LOVING HEART' RUNS WIDE AND FAR
THROUGH ALL THIS HAPPY VALLEY"

"I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST AN OLD MAID SISTER IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOME"
 Part 1, Chapter 2, p34
and frontispiece

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