Irish MelodiesCollin's Clear-Type Press, 1849 - 184 páginas |
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Página xvii
... as desperate project of the same faction to corrupt the youth of the country by introducing their organised system of treason into the University . " view of inquiring into the extent of this branch of PREFACE . xvii.
... as desperate project of the same faction to corrupt the youth of the country by introducing their organised system of treason into the University . " view of inquiring into the extent of this branch of PREFACE . xvii.
Página xviii
... youth , I cannot but confess that the facts which came out in the course of the evidence , went far towards justifying even this arbitrary proceeding ; and to the many who , like myself , were acquainted only with the general views of ...
... youth , I cannot but confess that the facts which came out in the course of the evidence , went far towards justifying even this arbitrary proceeding ; and to the many who , like myself , were acquainted only with the general views of ...
Página xxvi
... youth , among strangers to find That repose which at home they had sigh'd for in vain . From a foreign lady , of this ancient extraction , — whose names , could I venture to mention them , would lend to the incident an additional Irish ...
... youth , among strangers to find That repose which at home they had sigh'd for in vain . From a foreign lady , of this ancient extraction , — whose names , could I venture to mention them , would lend to the incident an additional Irish ...
Página 8
... in man or in woman , this prayer shall be mine , That the sunshine of love may illumine our youth , And the moonlight of friendship console our decline . THO ' THE LAST GLIMPSE OF ERIN WITH SORROW I 8 IRISH MELODIES ,
... in man or in woman , this prayer shall be mine , That the sunshine of love may illumine our youth , And the moonlight of friendship console our decline . THO ' THE LAST GLIMPSE OF ERIN WITH SORROW I 8 IRISH MELODIES ,
Página 9
... youth with the flowing locks ) to all strangers ( by which the English were meant ) , or those who wore their habits . Of this song the air alone has reached us , and is universally admired . " - WALKER'S Historical Memoirs of Irish ...
... youth with the flowing locks ) to all strangers ( by which the English were meant ) , or those who wore their habits . Of this song the air alone has reached us , and is universally admired . " - WALKER'S Historical Memoirs of Irish ...
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Página 81 - Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song...
Página 47 - She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.
Página 12 - There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet; Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart. Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene Her purest of crystal and brightest of green; 'twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill, Oh!
Página 86 - Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea, I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But oh ! could I love thee more deeply than now...
Página 11 - THE MEETING OF THE WATERS. THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Página 31 - And thus, I thought, our fortunes run, For many a lover looks to thee, While oh! I feel there is but one, One Mary in the world for me.
Página 48 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him, Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him.
Página 6 - Yes, weep, and however my foes may condemn, Thy tears shall efface their decree; For Heaven can witness, though guilty to them, I have been but too faithful to thee. With thee were the dreams of my earliest love ; Every thought of my reason was thine: In my last humble prayer to the Spirit above Thy name shall be mingled with mine!
Página 68 - I've yet to roam : — The mind that burns within me, And pure smiles from thee at home. Thus when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks round in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds.
Página 104 - How sweet the answer Echo makes To Music at night When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes, And far away o'er lawns and lakes Goes answering light ! Yet Love hath echoes truer far And far more sweet Than e'er, beneath the moonlight's star, Of horn or lute or soft guitar The songs repeat. 'Tis when the sigh, — in youth sincere And only then, The sigh that 's breathed for one to hear— Is by that one, that only Dear Breathed back again.