Go, forget me – why should sorrow, O’er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me – and tomorrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile – though I shall not be near thee; Sing – though I shall never hear thee.
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But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him.
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Birth: | 14th December, 1791 |
Death: | 21st February, 1823 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Poet |
Born at Blackhall, County Kildare, the youngest son of Theobald Wolfe of Blackhall grandson of Richard Wolfe of Forenaughts House in the same county and his wife Frances, daughter of Rev. Peter Lombard. Charles Wolfe's grandfather was a first cousin of Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden and the godfather, but widely believed to be the natural father, of Theobald Wolfe Tone.
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