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    The Glenbanna Sonneteer
    The Glenbanna Sonneteer
    The Glenbanna Sonneteer
    Ebook89 pages21 minutes

    The Glenbanna Sonneteer

    By Ivor George Burns

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    A friend is another self
    without doubt
    without hatred
    without prejudice
    always ready
    always faithful.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateDec 12, 2019
    ISBN9781528961769
    The Glenbanna Sonneteer
    Author

    Ivor George Burns

    Ivor George Burns was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland and educated at Harding Memorial Church of Ireland Primary School and Orangefield Boys Secondary School. His best subject was History and he had the good fortune to have been taught by Jonathan Bardon who later became a very well known author in his own right. The author has worked in Short Brothers Bombardier, aircraft factory and various positions in the Civil Service. Ivor has written up a short history of his family tree back to the early 1800s. He likes to travel in Spain, country walks and the theatre. In music he likes Mozart, Vivaldi and Van Morrison who is a famous Orangefield old boy. Ivor is currently 67 years old, unmarried, with no children. He retired in June 2016 after 48 years in public life.

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      The Glenbanna Sonneteer - Ivor George Burns

      The Glenbanna Sonneteer

      Ivor George Burns

      Austin Macauley Publishers

      The Glenbanna Sonneteer

      About the Author

      Dedication

      Copyright Information ©

      Foreword

      Sonnet One

      Sonnet Two

      Sonnet Three

      Sonnet Four

      Sonnet Five

      Sonnet Six

      Sonnet Seven

      Sonnet Eight

      Sonnet Nine

      Sonnet Ten

      Sonnet Eleven

      Sonnet Twelve

      Sonnet Thirteen

      Sonnet Fourteen

      Sonnet Sixteen

      Sonnet Seventeen

      Sonnet Eighteen

      Sonnet Nineteen

      Sonnet Twenty

      Sonnet Twenty-One

      Sonnet Twenty-Two

      Sonnet Twenty-Three

      Sonnet Twenty-Four

      Sonnet Twenty-Five

      Sonnet Twenty-Six

      Sonnet Twenty-Seven

      Sonnet Twenty-Eight

      Sonnet Twenty-Nine

      Sonnet Thirty

      Sonnet Thirty-One

      Sonnet Thirty-Two

      Sonnet Thirty-Three

      Sonnet Thirty-Four

      Sonnet Thirty-Five

      Glossary

      Sonnet One

      Sonnet Two

      Sonnet Three

      Sonnet Four

      Sonnet Five

      Sonnet Six

      Sonnet Seven

      Sonnet Eight

      Sonnet Nine

      Sonnet Ten

      Sonnet Eleven

      Sonnet Twelve

      Sonnet Thirteen

      Sonnet Fourteen

      Sonnet Fifteen

      Sonnet Sixteen

      Sonnet Seventeen

      Sonnet Eighteen

      Sonnet Nineteen

      Sonnet Twenty

      Sonnet Twenty-One

      Sonnet Twenty-Two

      Sonnet Twenty-Three

      Sonnet Twenty-Four

      Sonnet Twenty-Five

      Sonnet Twenty-Six

      Sonnet Twenty-Seven

      Sonnet Twenty-Eight

      Sonnet Twenty-Nine

      Sonnet Thirty

      Sonnet Thirty-One

      Sonnet Thirty-Two

      Sonnet Thirty-Three

      Sonnet Thirty-Four

      Sonnet Thirty-Five

      Sonnet Miscellany Part One

      Sonnet Miscellany Part Two

      Sonnet Miscellany Part Three

      Sonnet Miscellany Part Four

      Sonnet Miscellany Part Five

      Index of First Lines

      About the Author

      Ivor George Burns was raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland and educated at Harding Memorial Church of Ireland Primary School and Orangefield Boys Secondary School. His best subject was History and he had the good fortune to have been taught by Jonathan Bardon who later became a very well known author in his own right.

      The author has worked in Short Brothers Bombardier, aircraft factory and various positions in the Civil Service.

      Ivor has written up a short history of his family tree back to the early 1800s. He likes to travel in Spain, country walks and the theatre. In music he likes

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