PAT O'KELLY, THE IRISH POET.


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.
_Legends of the Lakes_.

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IRISH NAMES, MADE ENGLISH.

(_For the Mirror_.)


_Macnamara_, son of a sea-hound.
_Macmahon_, son of a bear.
_Brien_, the force of water.
_Kennedy_, wearing a helmet.
_Horan_, the gold of poetry.
_Sullivan_, having but one eye.
_Gallagher_, the helper of Englishmen.
_Riordan_, a royal salmon.
_Lysaght_, a hired soldier.