 OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head.  The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Page 101by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...Thomas Moore's lines, on the death of the same Robert Emmett, are in a like subdued strain : " 0 ! breathe not his name ; let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid : Sad, silent and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...HIS NAME! (ROBEXT EMMKTT.) O, BREATHE not his name ! let itsleepintheshade, Where cold and unhonored e bashfu1 аи' ьае grave; Weel pleased to think her bairn 's respected li night dew that falls on the grave o'er his head. But the night dew that falla, though in silence it... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...that glow, But in its light my soul can see Some feature of the Deity. O, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. O, BREATHE not his name ; let it sleep in the shade Where cold and unhonored his relics are laid : Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Songs - 1872 - 514 pages
...Thy various tints unite, And form in heaven's sight One arch of peace ! (Oh! brcathc art his ©h I breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where...night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 pages
...Thy various tints unite, And form in Heaven's sight One arch of peace ! OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,...the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. 'This alludes to an interesting circumstance relating to the Dalgais, the favourite troops of linen,... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - Ireland - 1872 - 412 pages
...entire aspect of the place forcibly recalled to our mind Moore's description of Emmet's grave : — ' " Oh, breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where, cold and unhonoured, his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...ЕММПТТ.) 0, BREATHE not hisname ! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonored his relies e adage ? MACB. Pr'ythee, peace : I dare do all that may become a night dew that falls on the grave o'er his head. But the night dew that falla, though in silence it... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...dies for Liberty ! Thomas Moore.— Boni, 1780, Died 1852. 1287.— 0 ! BEEATHE NOT HIS NAME. О ! breathe not his name ! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonor'd his relics are hud ; Sad, silent, and dark bo the tears that we shed, As the night dew that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Songs, Irish - 1874 - 160 pages
...various tints unite, And form in Heaven's sight One arch of peace ! OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. On ! breathe not his name, let It sleep in the shade, Where...night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps... | |
 | Noble Butler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1874 - 342 pages
...hunger, and dirt; And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt!"— Hood. O ! breathe not his name ! let it sleep in the shade Where cold and unhonored his relies are laid : Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed As the night-dew that... | |
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