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" There is a stone there That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis he may clamber To a lady's chamber, Or become a member Of Parliament: A clever spouter He'll sure to turn out, or An out-and-outer, "To be let alone. "
The Reliques of Father Prout, Late P.P. of Watergrasshill, in the County of ... - Page 96
by Francis Mahony - 1836
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Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life ..., Volume 2

Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1889 - 516 pages
...1798, refers to the local tradition in these stanzas : — " There is a stone there, That whosoever kisses, Oh, he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis...become a member Of Parliament. " A clever spouter He'll turn out, or An out-and-outer To be let alone ! Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him, Sure...
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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, Volume 1

Charles Wells Moulton - 1889 - 536 pages
...to tell it, but I don't know how to word it, Though it travels to the music of a very lively j'g168. There is a stone there that whoever kisses, Oh, he never misses to grow eloquent; 'T is he may clamber to a lady's chamber Or become a member of Parliament: A clever spouter he'll soon...
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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, Volume 1

1889 - 532 pages
...to tell it, but I don't know how to word it, Though it travels to the music of a very lively j'g168. There is a stone there that whoever kisses, Oh, he never misses to grow eloquent; T is he may clamber to a lady's chamber Or become a member of Parliament: A clever spouter he'll soon...
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The Reliques of Father Prout

Francis Mahony - 1889 - 686 pages
...suis-je un Hugo, Ou guelqu' auteur en vogue, En ce genre d'églogue. Je n'aurais pas d'égaux. VI. There is a stone there, That whoever kisses, Oh ! he never misses To grew eloquent. *Tis he may clamber To a lady's chamber, Or become a member Of parliament: A clever...
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Wise, Witty, Eloquent Kings of the Platform and Pulpit: Biographies ...

Melville De Lancey Landon - 1890 - 786 pages
...and in love, and longed to glue my lips to its surface. I thought over Father Front's famous lines: There is a stone there, that whoever kisses Oh ! he...Parliament. A clever spouter he'll sure turn out, or An out and outer to be let alone; Don't hope to hinder him or to bewilder him, Sure he's a pilgrim to...
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Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life ..., Volume 2

Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1889 - 432 pages
...1798, refers to the local tradition in these stanzas : — " There is a stone there, That whosoever kisses, Oh, he never misses To grow eloquent. 'Tis...become a member Of Parliament. " A clever spouter He'll turn out, or An out-and-outer To be let alone ! Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him, Sure...
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A Little Tour in Ireland: Being a Visit to Dublin, Galway, Connamara ...

Samuel Reynolds Hole - 1891 - 252 pages
...accessible for osculation. Of this lapideous phenomenon, the author of " The Groves of Blarney " sings, "There is a stone there, that whoever kisses, Oh,...he'll sure turn out, or An out-and-outer, to be let a'.onc : Don't hope to hinder him, or to bewilder him, Sure he's a pilgrim from the Blarney Stone !...
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Notes of Foreign Travel

James Hale Bates - 1891 - 360 pages
...main tower, and so, easily accessible. The poet Milliken more than a hundred years ago sung of it : " There is a stone there That whoever kisses, Oh ! he...a lady's chamber Or become a member Of Parliament. #*»*** Don't hope to hinder him Or to bewilder him ; Sure he's a pilgrim From the Blarney-Stone."...
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Irish Poets and Novelists

Denis Oliver Crowley - 1892 - 466 pages
...philosopher. Imagine how the following lines appear in Greek, to say nothing of the Latin rendering: There is a stone there That whoever kisses, Oh! he...become a member Of parliament: A clever spouter He'll turn out, or An out-and-outer " To be let alone;" Don't hope to hinder him, Or to bewilder him; Sure...
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Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society

Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - 1903 - 298 pages
...level with the stone, and thus enjoy the unique advantage of kissing it. "Tliere is a stone there, whoever kisses, Oh, he never misses to grow eloquent,...lady's chamber, Or become a Member of Parliament." so sang the " Blarney Laureat," Richard Millikin. The ruinous remains of the mansion at the east side...
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