 Dear 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 ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore - Page 129by Thomas Moore - 1856Full view - About this book
 | England - 1839 - 870 pages
...The cold chain of silence had bung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thec, And gave all thy chords to light freedom and song...waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft bast thou echo'd the deep note of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. "... | |
 | History - 1819 - 838 pages
...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...fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That e'en in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. • Dear Harp... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 872 pages
...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...fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That e'en in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own (.sland Harp! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill; Bat so oft hast thon echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...cJiain of Silence had hang o'er tliee long, f-Vheu proudly , my own Island1 s Harp! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light , freedom , and song...warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken' d thy fandest, thy liveliest thrili; Bnt so oft hast thou echoed the detp sigh of sadness, That... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Ballads, Irish - 1821 - 294 pages
...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...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. * In that rebellious... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1821 - 276 pages
...ranks."—See also the Ode to Gaul, the Son of Monti, in Miss Kroak's " Reliques of Irish Poetry." The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of my Country! farewell to thy numbers,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish poetry (in English) - 1822 - 198 pages
...attending bards, anxious, if possible, to produce a cessaWhen proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of my Country ! farewell to thy numbers,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 464 pages
...cold chain of silence/had hung o'er thee long, * When proudly r my own Island Harp! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. * In that rebellious... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,* When proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound tb.ee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. * In that rebellious... | |
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