"Annal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seemed to smother; A battle council then took place, And very soon there was no trace, Of conflict or of bloody fray Round where the Sleavin's stood at bay! Thus ended By-town's first old Fair, A Donnybrook most rich and rare; This annal of the olden time Was not premeditated crime, It sprung from what forms quite a part Of every genuine Irish heart, A sort of Faugh a-Ballagh way That sticks to ...
— Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants • William Pittman Lett |
