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Shannon! on thy peaceful shoreHostile armies meet no more;Civil war and foreign feudAre in God's good time subdued.Driven before a conquering foe, Erin's sons no more retreatWhere thy waters' rapid flow A refuge formed in their defeat.Yet, beyond thy sylvan banks, Still a separate people dwell;Connaught's province scarcely ranks With the three which foremost fell.