 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
 | Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 pages
...his name, lot it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonor'd his relics are laid : Sad, silent, ;md 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 weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where... | |
 | Asenath Nicholson - Famines - 1851 - 464 pages
...deserted corner : — " 0, breathe nol his name, let him 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 falls on the grass o'er his head." The summer of 1848 was pleasant and unusually sunny,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1851 - 464 pages
...and contemporary in college, and who thus most beautifully alludes to him in his Irish Melodies : " 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... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1851 - 476 pages
...and contemporary in college, and who thus most beautifully alludes to him in his Irish Melodies : " O breathe not his name ! let it sleep in the shade Where, cold aud unhonored, his relics are laid! Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew... | |
 | Scotland - 1852 - 838 pages
...personage on whose death Moore wrote these touching lines : — " O breathe not his name,- let it aleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics...the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Still brightens with verdure the grave where... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - 126 pages
...poems. When employed in lyrics and occasional pieces, the rhythm has usually been thus regulated: — " Oh ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,...relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears which we shed As (the) night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head." This rhythmical arrangement... | |
 | Biography - 1852 - 318 pages
...till other times and other men shall learn to do justice to my memory." OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. Oh ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade Where cold and unhonourod his relies are laid : Sad, silent, and dark bo the tears that we shed, As the night-dew... | |
 | Henry Richard Vassall Baron Holland - Great Britain - 1852 - 296 pages
...still cherished by his countrymen, and the poetry of Moore is in unison with the feelings of Irishmen : Oh breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonor'd his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night dew... | |
 | Daniel O'Sullivan - English poetry - 1853 - 850 pages
...m'inspira : Oh ! breathe nui hisnatue, letit sleep in the shade* Where cold and unhonour'd his relies are laid : Sad, silent and dark be the tears that we shed , As the night dew that falls on the grass over his head! But the night dew that îails, though in silence it... | |
 | Ireland - 1854 - 594 pages
...resting upon his brow, the regrets of all classes and parties following him to the grave. The other — " 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... | |
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