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... The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Page 100by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
| Brigitte Glaser - Criticism - 2001 - 678 pages
...(Wien), Literatur-Blatt, Nr. 5, 25. Febr. 1900, 39-41. Max Meyerfeld Byrons Stellung in England (1908) So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill...beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. Thomas Moore. Nie hat ein Künstler einen solchen Herold seines Ruhms gefunden wie der Dichter des... | |
| Edna Barth - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 100 pages
...The first stanza goes like this: 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. Tara is a hill in County Meath, twenty miles northeast of Dublin. Here, until the year 560, stood the... | |
| Nora Joan Clark - History - 2003 - 196 pages
...THRO' TARA'S HALLS by Thomas Moore The harp that once thro' Tara 's halls The soul of music shed Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were...high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord alone, that breaks at night, Its tale... | |
| Stephen Regan - Literary Collections - 2004 - 628 pages
...once through Tara 's halls* (1807) 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...high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord alone, that breaks at night, Its tale... | |
| Benjamin George Wilkinson - Religion - 2004 - 454 pages
...events. As Thomas Moore wrote: 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...once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more.22 It was at the time of one of these assemblies, so the story goes, that Patrick personally appeared... | |
| Hermann Rasche, Christiane Schönfeld - German literature - 2004 - 500 pages
...THROUGH TARA'S HALLS» THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed Now hangs äs 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. No more to chiefs and... | |
| Constance Fenimore Woolson - Travel - 2004 - 376 pages
...beautiful. 19. But, sir. 20. "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" was composed by Thomas Moore (1779-1852). 21. Me? That's another thing. 22. It's nothing. 23. Ferocious!... | |
| Kieran Quinlan - History - 2005 - 312 pages
...MARGARET MITCHELL, Gone with the Wind 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. — THOMAS MOORE, Irish Melodies The popularity of Abram Ryan's verse and outlook— the priest himself... | |
| Kevin O'Hara - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 436 pages
...wrote of O Carolan's death: 'The harp that once through Tara's halls I The soul of music shed I .Voiv hangs as mute on Tara's walls / As if that soul were fled. After supper, we sat before the fire, where the hearth was gold-embossed with a harp and shamrock on... | |
| Peter Palmer Ekeh, Urhobo Historical Society - History - 2007 - 730 pages
...Hall The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's wall, As if those souls were fled. So stills the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er,...beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more. You asked me to tell about "the dark backward abysm of time." That I have done. You know about more... | |
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