Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Appendix: Kilmallock | | Kilmallock | | Sir Aubrey de Vere (1788–1846) |
| | | WHAT ruined shapes of feudal pomp are there, | |
| In the cold moonlight fading silently? | |
| The castle, with its stern, baronial air, | |
| Still frowning, as accustomed to defy; | |
| The Gothic street, where Desmond’s chivalry | 5 |
| Dwelt in their pride; the cloistered house of prayer; | |
| And gate-towers, mouldering where the stream moans by, | |
| Now but the owl’s lone haunt and fox’s lair. | |
| Here once the pride of princely Desmond flushed, | |
| His courtiers knelt, his mailed squadrons rushed, | 10 |
| And saintly brethren poured the choral strain; | |
| Here Beauty bowed her head, and smiled and blushed;— | |
| Ah! of these glories what doth now remain? | |
| The charnel of yon desecrated fane! | | | | |
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