Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 233 of 258
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This is a page of running verse poetry, numbered 215, appearing mid-narrative in a penny dreadful. The text presents a dramatic farewell address to a soldier, urging him to remember "the murdered youths of Glenmalure" and to pause before committing acts of vengeance during civil conflict. It invokes specific named figures—Bryan Byrne, Ellen, and her orphan child—apparently victims or casualties central to the story's plot. The passage conveys typical melodramatic themes of the genre: violence, moral exhortation, and emotional appeals to restrain destructive impulses.
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- 215 ‘© Soldier, farewell! To thee should power Commit the fate of lives obscure, Remember still in fury’s hour The murdered youths of Glenmalure. © And chief, if civil broils return, Though vengeance urge to waste, destroy ; Ah! pause! ... . think then on Bryan Byrne, Poor Ellen, and her orphan boy !” Conniclooolkks.comn