Note 7 — A LAMENT FOR THE POTATO
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This Irish poem, so pathetic and expressive in its simplicity, first appeared in the Dublin University Magazine, in the Essay on "The Food of the Irish," by Sir William Wilde. It is quoted by him as "highly characteristic both of the feelings of the people and the extent of the calamity of that time; besides being a good specimen of the native poetry of the Irish more than a hundred years ago."