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Hero i s to t he land of the sham rock
so gtee n;
Here is to each lad his darling coll een ;
H ere is to th e land wo love dea rest and
most;
May God bless old I r el:rnll, is an J.rish–
man 's toast.
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TO THE HARDWARE TRADE.
Although they profess to honesty
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They sell iron a nd steel fo r a li vin g.
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To our America n boys-who hav e
a rms
for
th eir girls a nd a rm s for t hr ir
country's fo es.
"Friend of my son!! this goblet sip–
"rwill ch ase th e pensiv e t ear;
'Tis not so sweet as woman's lips
But,
0
!
'~is
more sin cer e."
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TO A CHAPERONE.
''Here 's to a chaper one,
May she learn from Cupic
· Just en ough blindness
To be sweetly stupid.'' ·
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H ere is to a l ong life and may yon
li ve a thou sand years a nd I a thousa nd
y ears, less one day, for I woulu n ot
care to live after you had passed
away.
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''May Dame Fortune ever smile on
you ;
But never h er daughter-Miss For–
tune.''
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''Drink to a f air wo1n an who, I think,
Is most entitled to it,
,
For if any thing ever can drive me to
drink,
She certainly can do it.' '