Salutation to the Celts.
Hail to our Celtic brethren wherever they may be, In the far woods of Oregon, or o'er the Atlantic sea : Whether they guard the banner of St.. George, in Indian vales, Or spread beneath the nightlesa North experimental sails— , One in name, and in fame, Are the sea-divided Gaels. Though fallen the state of Erin, and changed the Scottish lan<J; Though small the power of Mona, though unwaked Leweilyn's band Though Ambrose Merlin's prophecies are held as idle tiles, Though lona's ruined cloisters are swept by northern gales, One in name, and in fame, Are the sea-divided Gaels. In Northern Spain and Italy our brethren also dwell, And brave are the traditions of their fathers that they tell: The Eagle| or the Crescent in the dawn of history pales Before the advancing banner of the great Rome-conquering Gaels. One in name, and in fame, Are the sea-divided Gaels. A greeting and a promise unto them all we send; Their character our chart is, their glory is our end— Their friend shall be our friend, our foe whoe'er assails The glory or the story of the sea-divided Gaels. One in name, and in fame, Are the sea-divided Gaels. Thomas D'arcy M'Gee.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 456, 21 October 1897, Page 4
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204Salutation to the Celts. Hastings Standard, Issue 456, 21 October 1897, Page 4
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