The old Homestead

Ireland and Peg's Cottage

THE OLD HOMESTEAD

Now the old place is deserted,
And the walls have fallen down;
All who made the home life cheerful,
Now have died or moved to town.
But around that dear old cottage
Shall my mem'ries ever cling,
For 'twas there I spent the moments
Of my youth … life's happy spring.

- (extract) by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Pic. Abandoned cottage in the Mourne Mountains, County Down
by Leslie Hanthorne
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