 THE minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. " Land of song !" said the warrior-bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy...  Irish Melodies and Sacred Songs - Page 60by Thomas Moore - 1869 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bridges - Children's poetry, English - 1924 - 296 pages
...has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. — ' Land of song ! ' said the warrior-bard, ' Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least,...Could not bring his proud soul under ; The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore its chords asunder ; And said, ' No chains shall sully thee, Thou... | |
 | Kathleen Thompson Norris - 1925 - 444 pages
...Peter crying quite openly, and smiling as he wiped his eyes. "Land of Song!" said the warrior bard, "Though all the world betrays thee, One sword at least...shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!" "That feller could write," Peter commented, blowing his nose as the splendid echoes of Tom's big voice... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - Ballads, English - 1927 - 658 pages
...he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. ' Land of song,' said the warrior bard, ' Tho' all the world betrays thee, One sword at least thy...minstrel fell : but the foeman's chain Could not bring that proud soul under The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore its chords asunder And said... | |
 | Kathleen Thompson Norris - 1925 - 440 pages
...Peter crying quite openly, and smiling as he wiped his eyes. "Land of Song!" said the warrior bard, "Though all the world betrays thee, One sword at least...shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!" "That feller could write," Peter commented, blowing his nose as the splendid echoes of Tom's big voice... | |
 | John Bissell Trowbridge - Musical notation - 1927 - 120 pages
...world be - trays thee, And said, "No chains shall sul - ly thee, Thou soul of love and brav-er - y! One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One faith-ful harp shall praise thee." Thy songs were made for the pure and free, They shall nev-er sound in slav - er-y." I Softly now the... | |
 | 1885 - 834 pages
...he has prirded on, And !IH wild harp slung behind him. 41 Land of song ! " said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least,...fell ! — but the foeman's chain Could not bring that proud soul under ; The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore its chords asunder, And said,... | |
 | Jeanne M. Dillard, Michael Piller - Science fiction television programs - 1993 - 292 pages
...plucking his harp as he sang in his clear, emotion-laden tenor: "Land of song, " said the warrior bard, "Though all the world betrays thee. One sword at least...shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee. " Stompie had sung that song in the rec lounge the night before Setlik, with O'Brien and Captain Maxwell... | |
 | Anthony Cooney - Authors, English - 1998 - 44 pages
...Chesterton died of doing the work of ten men. He died of being GK Chesterton . "Though all the world betray thee, One sword at least, thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee!" (Thomas Moore - "The Minstrel Boy") Was Chesterton a poet or a writer of verse? Good verse perhaps,... | |
 | Gene Wolfe - Fiction - 2001 - 388 pages
...father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. Land of Song! said the warrior bard, Though all the world betrays thee, One sword at least...shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee. . . ." As the final notes died, it seemed to Aldo that somehow all the people had been snatched away,... | |
 | Thomas Moore, Daniel Maclise - Literary Collections - 2000 - 290 pages
...has girded on, And his wild harp slnng behind hiia.— "Land of song !" said the warrior-hard, "Tho' all the world betrays thee, "One sword, at least, thy rights shall gnard, "One faithfnl harp shall praise thee I" D TUdlse. B. A The Minstrel fell I— hat the foeman's... | |
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