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* '''gratias''' (''Latin''): grace, thankfulness | * '''gratias''' (''Latin''): grace, thankfulness | ||
* '''gracies''' (''French''): (you) pardon | * '''gracies''' (''French''): (you) pardon | ||
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| + | * '''"Silent, oh Moyle":''' from "The Song of Fionnuala" by Thomas Moore" | ||
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| + | Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water, | ||
| + | Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose, | ||
| + | While, murmuring mournfully, Lir's lonely daughter | ||
| + | Tells to the night-star her tale of woes. | ||
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| + | * '''Moyle:''' a river in Tipperary, Ireland | ||
[[Category: Grace O'Malley]] | [[Category: Grace O'Malley]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Song lyrics]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Moore, Thomas]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Rivers]] | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 25 July 2013
- moyly: p;acidly, gently
- Grace O"Malley: (c. 1530 – c. 1603) also called Gráinne O'Malley, Queen of Umaill, chieftain of the Ó Máille clan and a pirate in 16th-century Ireland.
- gratias (Latin): grace, thankfulness
- gracies (French): (you) pardon
- "Silent, oh Moyle": from "The Song of Fionnuala" by Thomas Moore"
Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water,
Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose,
While, murmuring mournfully, Lir's lonely daughter
Tells to the night-star her tale of woes.
- Moyle: a river in Tipperary, Ireland
