 By the groans that ascend from your forefathers' grave, For their country thus left to the brute and the slave, Drive the demon of bigotry home to his den, And where Britain made brutes now let Erin make men. Let my sons like the leaves of the shamrock...  A Summer Visit to Ireland in 1846 - Page 288by Theresa Cornwallis I. Whitby West ("Mrs. F. West, ") - 1847 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Drennan - 1815 - 254 pages
...den, And where Britain made brutes, now let Erin make men! " Let my sons, like the leaves of their shamrock, unite, A partition of sects from one footstalk of right ; Give each his full share of this earth, and yon sky, Nor fatten the slave, where the serpent would die ! " Alas, for poor Erin... | |
 | 1815 - 876 pages
...Л partition of sects from one footstalk of right ; Gire each his full share of this earth and yon sky, Nor fatten the slave where the serpent would die ! " Alas ! for poor Erin, that some still are seen Who would dye the grass red in their hatred to green ; Yet, oh ! when you're up and... | |
 | Samuel Lover - Ballads, English - 1858 - 394 pages
...Church and State joined in compact to conquer the whole ; And as Shannon was stained with Milesian Wood, Ey'd each other askance and pronounced it was good....would dye the grass red from their hatred to Green ;f Yet, oh ! when you're up and they're down, let them live, Then yield them that mercy which they... | |
 | William Drennan - 1859 - 320 pages
...den, And where Britain made brutes, now let Erin make men ! " Let my sons, like the leaves of their shamrock, unite, A partition of sects from one footstalk of right ; Give each his full share of this earth, and yon sky, Nor fatten the slave, where the serpent would die ! " Alas, for poor Erin... | |
 | James J. Gaskin - Dalkey (Ireland) - 1874 - 520 pages
...his den, And where Britain made brutes, now let Erin make men! Let my sons, like the leaves of their shamrock, unite, A partition of sects from one footstalk of right; Give each his full share of this earth, and yon sky, Nor fatten the slave, where the serpent would die ! Alas, for poor Erin !... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...demon of Bigotry home to his den, And where Britain made brutes now let Erin make men. Let my sous S U z { | } U M N P tho earth and the sky. Nor fatten the slave where the serpent would die. Alas for poor Erin ! that... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1884 - 458 pages
...Let my sons like the leaves of the shamrock unite, A partition of sects from one footstalk of light, Give each his full share of the earth and the sky,...some are still seen, Who would dye the grass red from theix hatred to green ; t Yet, oh ! when you're up and they're down, let them live, Then yield them... | |
 | English poetry - 1887 - 842 pages
...sons like the leaves of the shamrock unite, A partition of sects from one footstalk of right, (Jive each his full share of the earth and the sky, Nor fatten the slave where the serpent would die. A his! for poor Erin that some are still seen, Who would dye the grass red from their hatred to green... | |
 | Literature - 1891 - 680 pages
...I might live to see the day when, amid the reverence of those, once her foes, her sons would — ' Like the leaves of the shamrock unite, A partition...Nor fatten the slave where the serpent would die.' " When Davis sent a copy of this address to Wordsworth, the latter, praising it in other respects,... | |
 | 1891 - 718 pages
...I might live to aee the day when, amid the reverence of those, once her foes, her sons would — ' Like the leaves of the shamrock unite, A partition...Nor fatten the slave where the serpent would die.' " When Davis sent a copy of this address to Wordsworth, the latter, praising it in other respects,... | |
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