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" O'Kelly; and he had produced, on the spur of the occasion, this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram : — ' Three poets, of three different nations born, The United Kingdom in this age adorn,— Byron of England; Scott, of Scotia's blood; And Erin's... "
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott - Page 303
by John Gibson Lockhart - 1901
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Legends of the Lakes: Or, Sayings and Doings at Killarney, Volume 2

Thomas Crofton Croker - Killarney, Lakes of - 1829 - 284 pages
...arrival with the following : " Three poets, of three different nations born,. With works immortal, do this age adorn ; Byron, of England — Scott, of Scotia's...blood — And, Erin's pride, O'Kelly, great and good. Twould take a Byron and a Scott, I tell ye, Roll'd up in one, to make a Pat O'Kelly." Kind and indulgent...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart..

John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 416 pages
...strugijlers—by name O'Kelly ; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram:— " Three poets, of three different...Byron of England, Scott of Scotia's blood, And Erin's pride—O'Kelly, great and good." Sir Walter's five shillings were at once forthcoming; and the bard,...
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Popular Songs of Ireland

Thomas Crofton Croker - Ballads, English - 1839 - 382 pages
...stragglers—by name O'Kelly; and he had produced, on the spur of the occasion, this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram :— ' Three poets, of three different...O'Kelly, great and good.' " Sir Walter's five shillings," adds Mr. Lockhart, " were at once forthcoming; and the bard, in order that Miss Edgeworth might display...
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The popular songs of Ireland, collected and ed., with intr. and notes, by T ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - 1839 - 370 pages
...— by name O'Kelly; and he had produced, on the spur of the occasion, this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram: — ' Three poets, of three different...O'Kelly, great and good.' " Sir Walter's five shillings," adds Mr. Lockhart, " were at once forthcoming ; and the bard, in order that Miss Edgeworth might display...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 260 pages
...— by name O'Kelly; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram. " Three poets, of three different...Walter's five shillings were at once forthcoming." — &e. " While Admiral Bridport lay at rest, And Colpoys everywhere was peeping, Admiral de Galle...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 21

Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 254 pages
...— by name O'Kelly; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram. " Three poets, of three different...Walter's five shillings were at once forthcoming." — &c. " While Admiral Bridport lay at rest, And Colpoys everywhere was peeping, Admiral de Galle...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ...

Percy Society - English literature - 1847 - 280 pages
...— by name O'Kelly; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram. " Three poets, of three different...Walter's five shillings were at once forthcoming." — &c. " While Admiral Bridport lay at rest, And Colpoys everywhere was peeping, Admiral de Galle...
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Popular Songs, Illustrative of the French Invasions of Ireland, Volumes 1-3

John Francis Durand - Ballads, English - 1847 - 280 pages
...strugglers—by name O'Kelly; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram. " Three poets, of three different...Byron of England, Scott of Scotia's blood, And Erin's pride—O'Kelly great and good." " Sir Walter's five shillings were at once forthcoming."—&c. " While...
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Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.,

John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 pages
...— by name O'Kelly ; and he had produced on the spur of the occasion this modest parody of Dryden's famous epigram : — " Three poets, of three different...moreover, we had all to subscribe), this pregnant couplet — " Seott, Morgan, Edgeworth, Byron, prop of Greece, Are characters whose fame not soon will cease."...
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Life of Sir Walter Scott

Xavier Donald MacLeod - Authors, Scottish - 1852 - 324 pages
...a tatterdemalion bard called O'Kelly, who greeted his brAther poet with the following quatrain : " Three poets of three different nations born, The united...blood, And Erin's pride, O'Kelly, great and good!" This original and unassuming composition cost the baronet \ five shillings, and subscriptions were...
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