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Page 293 - LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DATS OF OLD. LET Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betrayed her ; When Malachi wore the collar of gold Which he won from her proud invader ; When her kings with standard of green unfurled Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger, Ere the emerald> gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.
Page 295 - tis Innisfail ! " Rings o'er the echoing sea ; While, bending to heav'n, the warriors hail That home of the brave and free. Then turn'd they unto the Eastern wave, Where now their Day-God's eye A look of such sunny omen gave As lighted up sea and sky. Nor frown was seen through sky or sea, Nor tear o'er leaf or sod, When first on their Isle of Destiny Our great forefathers trod.
Page 293 - LET Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betray'd her ; When Malachi wore the collar of gold*, Which he won from her proud invader, When her kings, with standard of green unfurl'd, Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger •)-; — Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.
Page 294 - Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger. On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 295 - Oh, where's the Isle we've seen in dreams, " Our destin'd home or grave ? " Thus sung they as, by the morning's beams, They swept the Atlantic wave. And lo, where afar o'er ocean shines A sparkle of radiant green, As though in that deep lay emerald mines, Whose light through the wave was seen. "'Tis Innisfail — 'tis Innisl'ail !" Rings o'er the echoing sea ; 'While, bending to heav'n, the warriors hail That home of the brave and free.
Page 295 - They came from a land beyond the sea, And now o'er the western main Set sail, in their good ships, gallantly, From the sunny land of Spain. ' Oh, where's the Isle weVe seen in dreams, Our destined home or grave?' Thus sung they as, by the morning's beams, They swept the Atlantic wave.
Page 9 - On ! blame me not if I love to dwell On Erin's early glory ; Oh ! blame me not if too oft I tell The same inspiring story ; For sure 'tis much to know and feel That the Race now rated lowly Once ruled as lords, with sceptre of steel, While our Island was yet the Holy.
Page 23 - O'Brien ; and the superstitious peasant tells of the curse that he brought upon his family, and the failure of male heirs to the title of Inchiquin. His cruelty on one occasion presents a remarkable contrast to the conduct of the Catholics at the same place : when he stormed Cashel, he pursued the fugitives into the splendid cathedral of that city, called from its situation The Rock ; there he mercilessly slaughtered the unresisting multitude...
Page 23 - O'Briens ; but there was never a scourge of Ireland animated by a greater hatred of his countrymen. Whether fighting for the King or the Parliament, and he changed sides more than once, he was invariably the bitter enemy of his countrymen, and the savage profaner of those religious edifices in which the ashes of his own ancestors reposed. His name is preserved in the traditions of Munster, as the symbol of every thing that is wicked and terrible. Nurses scare their children by the threat of calling...
Page 321 - Dickens in his best and earliest works. They describe events within the personal experience of the author ; but events so strange, wild, and terrible, that if they were not attested by an indisputable authority, it would seem incredible that such things have been and are of frequent occurrence in our own times, and within a journey of twenty-four hours from the heart of the empire. We hope that this book will be read, not only throughout Britain, but throughout Europe and America, by those who would...