 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Էջ 3731839Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | 1852 - 620 էջ
...distinct from a pure poetical composition, contain also the true boast of his life. ' Dear harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain...island harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to love, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love, and the light note of gladness, Have waken'd thy fondest,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1869 - 222 էջ
...gave all thy chords to light, freedom and song ! The warm lay of love, and the light note of gladness The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,*...When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 514 էջ
...given; " Till some were heard to curse the shrine, "Where others knelt to heaven!" Jif Wt Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, ° The cold chain...gladness Have waken'd thy 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... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 646 էջ
...Ireland's music, and that doom is immortality. Addressing that loved harp, he exclaims: " Dear harp of my country, in darkness I found thee ; The cold chain...lay of love, and the light note of gladness, Have wakened thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill, But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 էջ
...sprinkle O'er the brow of Care • Smooths away a wrinkle. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, 1 When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave al! thy chords to light, freedom, and... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 436 էջ
...Ireland's poet (great cheering), well might say, as he took Erin's harp in his hand — " Dear Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee ; The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long ; Where proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee And gave all thy chords to light, freedom and song.... | |
 | Johannes Scherr - 1873 - 446 էջ
...eme bem teilen TOoleriaí, reeí^e« H)m ju @ebote jlonb, nldite ju mad)c«j. *) „Dear harp of my country! in darkness I found thee; The cold chain...own Island harp! I unbound thee, And gave all thy cords to light, freedom, and song! iinb юепп bann bcr ©ânget bie ©atten be« ^"f*™1116"^ °°И... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1874 - 160 էջ
...we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,* * In that rebellious but beautiful song, "When Erin first rose," there is, if I recollect right, the... | |
 | 1915 - 826 էջ
...his opening lines afford us a good example of imaginative and idealistic statement. Dear harp of my country, in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long. The figure of a chain with its implications of constraint, slavery, tyranny: the epithet "cold," suggestive... | |
 | 1875 - 324 էջ
...blood, Let the rainbow of Hope be her Wellington's name !" DEAK HAKP OF MY COUNTRY. 4. Dear Harp of my Country! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain...gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, 5. Dear Harp of my Country! farewell to thy numbers!... | |
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