 OH, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME I— Moore. 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 that falls on the grass o'er his head.  Revolted Ireland, 1798 and 1803 - Page 92by Albert Stratford George Canning - 1886 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fashion - 514 pages
...name, lot it rest in the shade. Where cold and uuhonoured his relics are laid; Dark, silent, and deep be the tears that we shed, As the 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Readers - 1839 - 322 pages
...request, the " charity of the world's silence," the poet Moore thus beautifully mourns his fate. 8. "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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...memory bring thee Strains I used to sing thee — Oh ! then remember me. OH ! BREATUE 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 pages
...various tints unite, And form in heaven's sight One arch of peace I OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH I 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 324 pages
...the poet Moore, who thus alludes to his last request — " the charity of the world's silence : " " 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, George Stillman Hilliard - English literature - 1841 - 326 pages
...the poet Moore, who thus alludes to his last request — "the charity of the world's silence." " 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... | |
 | John Smith Hanna - United States - 1844 - 378 pages
...Columbia. Oh ! sound loud his name that sleeps in the shade, . . i . • Where cold and uuuonor'd hit relics are laid : Sad, silent and dark, be the tears...the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the dew-drop that falls, tho' in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where... | |
 | Robert Emmet - 1845 - 140 pages
...of tlie firisfj fiirsurrotton of 1803 : ALSO, THE CELEBRATED SPEECH MADE BY HIM ON THE OCCASION. 0 breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where...silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er his head ! But the night c'ew that falls, though in silence... | |
 | 1845 - 338 pages
...crush which, I seized the sword, in the fond belief that my commission was from heaven." CHAPTER VIII. Oh, 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... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Ireland - 1846 - 366 pages
...to mind the words of the friend, and the companion of the studies of Robert Emmet— " Oh! brealhe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold...silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it... | |
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