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Middle Island Lament
Beverly Glenn‐Copeland
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Elizabeth Glenn‐Copeland
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Alas, my joy has from me passed
So long, my heart was keeping
That I stand on this land at last
And you, in earth, lie sleeping
I wish that I me down could lay
But my wee babes are crying
Alone, I face another day
For you, in earth, are lying
Each day we tossed upon the sea
Our hope, a star before us
The only one that we could see
In that dark ship that bore us
Tis lost, sweet Ireland, lost are you
Save only in my dreaming
Now I will do what I must do
To thwart disaster, scheming
I will work from dawn to dusk each day
And with my labours giving
A future that my children may
Succeed here where we're living
But all my joy has from me passed
So long, my heart was keeping
That I stand on this land at last
And you, in earth, lie sleeping