...fact win sympathy for Irish nationalists. The song itself is a lament, for the harp "hangs as mute," "As if that soul were fled, — / So sleeps the pride of former days, / So glory's thrill is o'er." It is a song, in other words, of the loss of Irish soul as reflected in the loss of music or art. "The...

...light us to victory yet!" (IM, 5). In "The Harp that Once through Tara's Halls," the speaker laments, "So sleeps the pride of former days, / So glory's thrill is o'er," concluding, Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant...

...no more. Here is how it starts: 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...hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that praise no more. Miss Harper said she likes the song because "harp" is the first part of her last name...