"_The Groves of Blarney_" (Vol. iii., p. 495.).--In a little volume of
the _Songs of Ireland_, forming one of the series called Duffy's
_Library of Ireland_, Dublin, 1845, this song is given. In the
introductory notice it is said to be by Mr. R. A. Milliken, a native of
Cork. The passage referred to by your correspondent stands thus in this
version, which is said to be taken from Croker's _Popular Songs of
Ireland_:--
"There's statues gracing
This noble place in--
All heathen gods,
And nymphs so fair;
Bold Neptune, Plutarch,
And Nicodemus,
All standing naked
In the open air!"
Mr. Maloney, in his late account of the "palace made o' windows," has
evidently had these verses in his mind; and in his observations on the
"statues gracing _that_ noble place in," has adverted to their like
peculiar predicament with the characteristic modesty of his nation.