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LINESSUGGESTED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY GRANT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHANNON.
Shannon! on thy peaceful shore
Hostile armies meet no more;
Civil war and foreign feud
Are in God's good time subdued.
Driven before a conquering foe,
Erin's sons no more retreat
Where 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.
Hostile armies meet no more;
Civil war and foreign feud
Are in God's good time subdued.
Driven before a conquering foe,
Erin's sons no more retreat
Where 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.
