 | Egerton Smith - English language - 1923 - 352 pages
...night, Ere slumber's chain has bSund me, Fond mem'ry brings the light Of other days around me. and Let Erin remember the days of old Ere her faithless...Malachi wore the collar of gold, Which he won from the proud invader. The final cadence of such lines as these is very different from that of Though dark... | |
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - English literature - 1923 - 328 pages
...(Irish Melodies, No. II, 1807.) 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... | |
 | Patrick Weston Joyce - Ireland - 1924 - 352 pages
...of Carlus, who fell in battle in 869. This is the incident referred to by Moore in the words : — " When Malachi wore the collar of gold which he won from her proud invader." At last the two opponents, having crushed all other competitors, found themselves so evenly matched,... | |
 | Dan Breen - Ireland - 1924 - 310 pages
...of Moore's, with its pathetic appeal that always grips the Irish heart and dims the patriot's eye " Let Erin remember the days of old Ere her faithless sons betrayed her ! ' ' And then my eyes wandered over the plains at my feet — richer than my own Golden Vale. Here... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 658 pages
...slavery.' Irish air, The Moreen ; Hullah's Song Book (Macmillan). 550. Let Erin remember the Days of old ET Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons...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... | |
 | Celtic literature - 1927 - 364 pages
...grange Remains, and shall remain I THOMAS D'Ancr McGEH »+ xxv *+ LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD E/T Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons...Malachi wore the collar of gold Which he won from the proud invader ; When her kings, with standard of green unfurled, Led the Red-Branch Knights to... | |
 | American essays - 1866 - 976 pages
...those characteristics is to be laid at the door of English tyranny and jealousy. When Moore wrote, " Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless...collar of gold Which he won from her proud invader, " When her kings, with their standards of green unfurled, Led the Red Branch knights to danger, Ere... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 568 pages
...quotation from a song by Thomas Moore entitled "Let Erin Remember the Days of Old." The song begins, "Let Erin remember the days of old/ Ere her faithless...Malachi wore the collar of gold/ Which he won from the proud invader." Malachi II (948-1022), King of Meath and High King, was, along with Brian Boni,... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 394 pages
...REMARKS: Stephen's reference is to the first stanza of Thomas Moore's song of pre-English Ireland: Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless...Malachi wore the collar of gold, Which he won from the proud invader; When her kings with standards of green unfurled, Led the Red Branch Knights to danger;... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...Malachi wore the collar of gold - From Thomas Moore's (17791852) "Let Erin Remember the Days of Old": "Let Erin remember the days of old / Ere her faithless...Malachi wore the collar of gold / Which he won from the proud invader; / When her kings, with standard of green unfurled, / Led the Red Branch Knights... | |
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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... 
