 She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah '. little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking...  Irish Melodies and Sacred Songs - Page 47by Thomas Moore - 1869 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Weldon Thornton - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 568 pages
...the Land" (1803) was written about Robert Emmet's fiancée, Sarah Curran. The first stanza says, "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,/...and weeps,/ For her heart in his grave is lying." On Emmet, see entry 114.18. 306.17/301.6 THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD On Ingram's "The Memory of the Dead,"... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1928 - 898 pages
...jurisdiction of Great Britain. Sarah Curran died of a broken heart. Thomas Moore wrote of her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying." Ireland has not yet written his epitaph. Other times and other men have come, and many more martyrs... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 394 pages
...with Robert Emmet, who was subsequendy executed. The song is a commemoration of her suffering: She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying.... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 378 pages
...Lines on a Young Lady. SHE ia far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. Slte sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he lov1d awaking— Ah ! little... | |
 | Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 1198 pages
...broken heart. It was on her that Moore the distinguished Irish poet composed the following lines. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...Moore's poem "She Is Far From the Land," in Irish Melodies, puts the sentimental touch on her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...native plains, / Every note which he lov'd awaking; — / Ah! little they think who delight in her strains, / How the heart of the Minstrel is breaking.... | |
 | James Joyce - Artists - 1998 - 1060 pages
...the Land' (in Irish Melodies), a sentimental account of her love for the dead hero; it begins: 'She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...and weeps, | For her heart in his grave is lying'. 293.17 loodheramaun: Gaelic: ludraman: 'lazy 1dle fellow, fool'. 293.34 Sinn Fein! . . . Sinn fein... | |
 | Washington Irving, Haskell S. Springer - Fiction - 1999 - 372 pages
...the following lines. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and...native plains, Every note which he lov'd awaking— Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking! He had... | |
 | Thomas Moore, Daniel Maclise - Literary Collections - 2000 - 290 pages
...ronnd her, siI eoldly ske tarns from their gase, and weeps , For ker heart in his grave is lying9 ,' She sings the wild song of her dear native plains , Every note whieh he lov'd awaHng %.— Ah ! little they think who delight in her strains , How the heart of the... | |
 | Sean Dunne - Fiction - 1957 - 496 pages
...prize-winning film, Anne Devlin (1984), written and directed by Pat Murphy She is far from the land She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Ev'ry note which he lov'd awaking, Ah! Little they think who delight in her strains, How the heart... | |
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