]> Mild Mabel Kelly An electronic edition Samuel Ferguson Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Beatrix Färber School of History, University College, Cork First draft. 896 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
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 1858–1864 The poem is in English. Mabel Kelly poetry Celtic revival 19c 2014-06-22 Beatrix Färber ed. SGML and HTML files created. 2014-06-15 Beatrix Färber ed. File proofed (1, 2); structural markup applied according to CELT practice; bibliographic details added; file parsed and validated. 2016-06-15 Beatrix Färber data capture Text captured. Mild Mabel Kelly Carolan Whoever the youth who by Heaven's decree Has his happy right hand 'neath that bright head of thine, 'Tis certain that he From all sorrow is free Till the day of his death, if a life so divine Should not raise him in bliss above mortal degree: Mild Mabel-ni-Kelly, bright Coolun of curls, All stately and pure as the swan on the lake; Her mouth of white teeth is a palace of pearls, And the youth of the land are love-sick for her sake! No strain of the sweetest e'er heard in the land That she knows not to sing, in a voice so enchanting, That the cranes on the strand Fall asleep where they stand; Oh, for her blooms the rose and the lily ne'er wanting To shed its mild radiance o'er bosom or hand: The dewy blue blossom that hangs on the spray. More blue than her eye, human eye never saw, Deceit never lurk'd in its beautiful ray, — Dear lady, I drink to you, sláinte go bragh!