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| GLENBROOK, CO. CORK. -Glenbrook is another of those pretty watering places on the verdant banks of the lower course of the river Lee that have made the suburbs of the great city of Cork deservedly renowned for their refreshing neatness of architecture and the picturesqueness of their surroundings. They are breathing spots outside the bustle of the city, and in summer especially, are crowded with seekers after health or recreation. "What is so rare as a day in June?" is a poetical question that applies to Ireland. Her Junes are, in general, perfect, and in that glorious month "the Irish rose is red," and its perfume loads the gracious air. People who have travelled all around the globe bear willing testimony to the fragrant glories of June in Ireland. The gifted American poetess, Mrs. Piatt, has done full justice to the summer bloom of the Emerald Isle in her graceful sonnets. Glenbrock, situated near Queenstown, has witnessed many a parting of Irish lovers: "'Tis morn in merry June, I trow, The rose is budding fain, But it will bloom in winter snow Ere we two meet again, my dear- Ere we two meet again!" |
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