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FAMOUS SONGS
lediant in the fourth bar, continued at intervals trough the melody. However, as opinions are
0 divided on this subject, and many authori-ies say it is English, most likely it belongs to England.
" The Meeting of the Waters" is based on the ir " The old head of Dennis." The meeting »f the waters forms a part of that beautiful cenery which lies between Rathdrum and Vrklow, in the County of Wicklow, and these ines were suggested by a visit to this romantic ;pot paid by the bard in the year 1807. " Rich md rare were the gems she wore" (to the air of ' Summer is coming," previously referred to in hese pages) was founded on the following mecdote told in "Warner's " History of Ireland."
1 The people were inspired with such a spirit of lonour, virtue and religion, by the great ex-ample of Brien, and by his excellent administra-:ion, that, as a proof of it, we are informed diat a young lady of great beauty, adorned with jewels and costly dress, undertook a journey done from one end of the kingdom to the other, with a wand only in her hand, at the top of which was a ring of exceeding great value; and such an impression had the laws and government of this monarch made on the minds of all the people, that no attempt was made upon her
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