...ronnd her, siI eoldly ske tarns from their gase, and weeps , For ker heart in his grave is lying9 ,' She sings the wild song of her dear native plains , Every note whieh he lov'd awaHng %.— Ah ! little they think who delight in her strains , How the heart of the...

...prize-winning film, Anne Devlin (1984), written and directed by Pat Murphy She is far from the land She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Ev'ry note which he lov'd awaking, Ah! Little they think who delight in her strains, How the heart...

...the work of Thomas Moore, the childhood friend of Robert Emmet, who romanticised her death in verse: 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...

...sang Moore's Melodies would wind us up to agony with the "Harp that once Through Tara's Halls," and "She is far from the Land where her Young Hero Sleeps," and then quench our tears—with "Rory O'Moore courted Kathleen Baun." 14 Once we broke bounds and crowded...

...in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. She is far from the land* (181 1) She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...song of her dear native plains, Every note which he lov'd awaking; — Ah! little they think who delight in her strains. How the heart of the Minstrel...

...of Robert Emmet'. 76 '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. ' from 'She is far from the Land', Thomas Moore Katharine O'Shea 1 845- 1 92 1 Mistress and wife of...

...she married Captain RH Sturgeon, and three years later died of tuberculosis. A poem by Thomas Moore, "She is Far From the Land Where Her Young Hero Sleeps" and a story by Washington Irving, "The Broken Heart", contributed to the romantic mythology that gathered...

...heart was broken and she died in 1808. Her sad story inspired a poem by the Irish poet THOMAS MOORE: She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...round her, sighing. But coldly she turns from their ga%e, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. An unmissable and hugely daunting landmark near...