w3: Rome boasts sev'n hills, the Nile its sev'n-fold stream,

Around the pole sev'n radiant planets gleam;

Galway, Conation Rome, twice equals these;

She boasts twice sev'n illustrious families;

Twice sev'n high tow'rs defend her lofty walls,

And polished marble decks her splendid halls;

Twice sev'n her massive gates, o'er which arise

Twice sev'n strong castles tow'ring to the skies;

Twice sev'n her bridges, thro' whos arches flow

The silv'ry tides majestically s'ow;

Her ample Church with twice sev'n alters flames,

An heavenly patron every alter claims;

While twice sev'n convents pious anthems raise,

(Sev'n for each sex,) to sound Jehovah's praise.