When Mangan Penned Dark Rosaleen

When James Clarence Mangan penned 'Dark Rosaleen' A poem that will live for as long as Ireland's fields are green Millions of people in Ireland of hunger were dying or were dead And times never tougher and tough times ahead But there was great hope in the great poet's song To the literary greats he is one who belong In 'Dark Rosaleen' positive energy abound The spirit of hope in the poem to be found. At forty six years of age the great poet passed away But his legacy lives on in the Ireland of today A tragic figure of the famine he too lived it hard But of his Nation he's the National Bard. When Mangan penned 'Dark Rosaleen' Ireland Land of death and tears And the affects of blight on the potato crop was felt for years But hope was alive in the words of the poet And times did get better as history does note. When Mangan penned 'Dark Rosaleen' 'twas to Ireland he sung And people of hunger dying many quite young The great poet himself did not live to be old But hope springs eternal as we have been told.