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 There is a stone there,
 That whoever kisses,
  Oh! he never misses
   To grow read more 
 There is a stone there,
 That whoever kisses,
  Oh! he never misses
   To grow eloquent.
    'Tis he may clamber
     To a lady's chamber
      Or become a member
       Of Parliament. 
 The dust of some is Irish earth,
 Among their own they rest.  
 The dust of some is Irish earth,
 Among their own they rest. 
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
 We . . . are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of 
Burke; we are read more 
 We . . . are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of 
Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the 
people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature 
of this country. We have created the best of its political 
intelligence. 
Every Irishman has a potatoe in his head.
Every Irishman has a potatoe in his head.
 Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of 
England . . . Ireland is not a geographical read more 
 Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of 
England . . . Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a 
nation. 
 Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises!
 An emerald set in the ring of the sea.
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 Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises!
 An emerald set in the ring of the sea.
  Each blade of thy meadows my faithful heart prizes,
   Thou queen of the west, the world's cushla ma chree. 
An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.
An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.
 If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish 
how to listen, society would be read more 
 If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish 
how to listen, society would be quite civilized.