The Dublin Penny Journal, Volume 1J.S. Folds, 1832 - Ireland |
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... father's sword he hath girded on , " And his wild harp slung behind him ! " Yes ! though the harp be hung on Tara's walls , though it be as mute as if the soul of music had fled , there was a time when the bard made its wild notes ring ...
... father's sword he hath girded on , " And his wild harp slung behind him ! " Yes ! though the harp be hung on Tara's walls , though it be as mute as if the soul of music had fled , there was a time when the bard made its wild notes ring ...
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... Father Kennedy's house , all he'd offer me was two- and - twenty . " " Come , Tim , let me see your sample ? " So going to his threshing floor , he produces a handful of wheat , which con- tained as many grains of ribery and balls of ...
... Father Kennedy's house , all he'd offer me was two- and - twenty . " " Come , Tim , let me see your sample ? " So going to his threshing floor , he produces a handful of wheat , which con- tained as many grains of ribery and balls of ...
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... father of the family was laid low upon the bed of sickness , and those of them who escaped it , were al- most consumed by famine . This two - fold shock sealed his ruin his honest heart was crushed - his hardy frame shorn of its ...
... father of the family was laid low upon the bed of sickness , and those of them who escaped it , were al- most consumed by famine . This two - fold shock sealed his ruin his honest heart was crushed - his hardy frame shorn of its ...
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... father at- tempted to eat , but he could not ; Kathleen sat at the meal but could taste nothing ; the children eat ... Father , don't lave us - we'll be lonesome if you go ; and if my mother ' ud get unwell , who'd be to take care of her ...
... father at- tempted to eat , but he could not ; Kathleen sat at the meal but could taste nothing ; the children eat ... Father , don't lave us - we'll be lonesome if you go ; and if my mother ' ud get unwell , who'd be to take care of her ...
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... Father of heaven ! and we can't be angry wid you for so doin ' . Still if you had spared her - if - if - oh , blessed Father , my heart was in the very one you took - but I thank thee , O God ! May she rest in pace , now and for ever ...
... Father of heaven ! and we can't be angry wid you for so doin ' . Still if you had spared her - if - if - oh , blessed Father , my heart was in the very one you took - but I thank thee , O God ! May she rest in pace , now and for ever ...
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Page 36 - THE harp that once through TARA'S halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on TARA'S walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more ! n.
Page 318 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 231 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Page 166 - THE world is too much with us: late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
Page 166 - ... tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 32 - That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee stilL Dear Harp of my Country! farewell to thy numbers, This sweet wreath of song is the last we shall twine ! Go, sleep with the sunshine of Fame on thy slumbers, Till touch'd by some hand less unworthy than mine...
Page 231 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 32 - 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...
Page 48 - 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...
Page 236 - The chief bard of the head chorus began by singing the first stanza in a low, doleful tone, which was softly accompanied by the harp : at the conclusion the foot semichorus began the lamentation, or Ullaloo...