From The Monitor and New Era, London, Friday, February 1, 1901, page 10: [This newspaper seems to be aimed at Irish Catholics.]M. Diamond (Wigtown) sends some charming lines entitled "Innisfail." We regret we have only space for one stanza:— Though far away from Erin's Isle Some of her brave sons roam Beyond the wide Atlantic waves Ten thousand miles from home, No matter where they chance to be They love each glen and vale Where the purple Shannon tide flows free Through green-robed Innisfail. [The top of the column says:] VERSE COMPETITION. PRIZES FOR TOPICAL LINES. SOME CLEVER CONTRIBUTIONS. ORIGINAL VERSES ONLY ARE ELIGIBLE. [Make of that what you will.]
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