I'm bidding you a long farewell, My Mary—kind and true! But… - Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

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I'm bidding you a long farewell,
My Mary—kind and true!
But I'll not forget you, darling,
In the land I'm going to.
They say there's bread and work for all,
And the sun shines always there;
But I'll not forget old Ireland,
Were it fifty times as fair.

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

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About Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye, later Helen Selina Hay, Countess of Gifford, born Helen Selina Sheridan, (1807 – 13 June 1867), was a British song-writer, poet, and author. As well as being admired for her wit and literary talents, she was a fashionable beauty and a well-known figure in London society of the mid-19th century.

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Birth Name: Helen Selina Sheridan

Alternative Names: Helen Selina Blackwood • Helen Selina Hay, Countess of Gifford • Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin Sheridan

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Rest now—and weep—thou praised of Earth!
And own, when all is done,
A world's false worship is not worth
The deep tried love of one.

I'm very lonely now, Mary,—
The poor make no new friends;—
But, oh! they love the better still
The few our Father sends

Oh, Bay of Dublin! How my heart you're troublin',
Your beauty haunts me like a fever dream;
Like frozen fountains, that the sun sets bubblin'
My heart's blood warms when I but hear your name.

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