Poor Mangan

Poor Mangan passed from life in Ireland's post famine years
And at his death the people of the Country were not plunged into tears
A poor person back then not seen worthy of note
Though Mangan he was quite a marvelous poet

In Eighteen forty nine on his forty sixth year of consumption Mangan died young
In his life time one of the poor his praises never sung
Since his passing one hundred and sixty six years has gone
But the greatness of Mangan in his poems lives on

The author of Ireland's national poem Dark Rosaleen
In his tragic life so much hardship he had known of and seen
But today many of his poems are known Worldwide
And true greatness of him cannot be denied

In the Dublin of his time there was so much poverty
But James Clarence Mangan he did write marvelous poetry
Though he died young and poor and in his writing prime
His verses have withstood the great test of time.