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TIPPERARY: 4. BY OUR OWN A. E. HOUSMAN by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALASS IN TIPPERARY / IS MILES AND MILES AWAY
Last Line: ABOVE MY BEATING HEART!
Subject(s): TIPPERARY, IRELAND;

ALASS in Tipperary
Is miles and miles away,
But oh, the cherry blossom blooms
Above her grave to-day!

The trip to Tipperary
Is not for me to start;
For oh, the cherry blossom blooms
Above my beating heart!



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