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There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh! he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber To a lady's chamber Or become a member Of Parliament. - his addition to "Groves of Blarney", in "Reliques of Father Prout" [Ireland] On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet cork, of thee,-- With thy bells of Shandon, That sounds so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. - The Bells of Shandon [Lee River] With deep affection And recollection I often think of Those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, In the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle Their magic spells. - The Bells of Shandon [Bells]
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