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At TwickenhamAuthor(s): John HannonSource: The Irish Monthly, Vol. 26, No. 299 (May, 1898), p. 272Published by: Irish Jesuit ProvinceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20499284 .

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272 The Irsh Monthly.

wraiths born of mist and moonshine, as they float away into the distance. I almost see them disappearing, and hear them mock ing me with faint, voiceless mirth, as they van'ish baok to that vague cloudland where all illusions dwell.

KATHLEEN BAIFE

AT TWICKENHAM.

THERE'S a road athwart the gardens

Where your London lilies grow,

All ill-kept, the clod but hardens

Where the market-waggons go.

Yestermorn a rain-pool lurked there,

Who would pass were at a loss;

"Friend,"' said I to one who worked there,

'" Soon we'll need a bridge across.,

lie that toiled, a Munster peasant,

(Fifty years had left him young)

Made reply with accent pleasant,

Sparkling eve, and ready tongue;

" Sir, the path will soon be dry t'ye

"In the breeze the branches toes;

" Give an hour to God Alnmighty,

"An' He'll make a brsdge across."

Home of Fancy's glinting fountains,

Laughing Erin, land of woe,

Land of faith that moveth mountains,

Jesting aye at every foe.

Glrieve not, Mother, when they sigh t'ye,

" Golden hope hath proven dross "

Give His hour to God Almighty

He will build His bridge across.

JoHN HANiToN.

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