 Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...  Melodies (Irish melodies, National melodies). - Page 158by Thomas Moore - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Johannes Scherr - Literature - 1880 - 894 pages
...When proudly, my own Island harp! I unbound thee. And gave all thy cords to light, freedom, and song! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still.« meten feiner... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 390 pages
...When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, Ihy liveliest thrill; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1880 - 642 pages
...proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song I The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have wakened thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness That... | |
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song .' The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 654 pages
...proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness...waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so o?t hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee stilL... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - English poetry - 1881 - 472 pages
...DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have wakened thy fondest, thy loveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 544 pages
...proudiy, my own island harp, I unbound thee, And £uve ull thy chords to love, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love, and the light note of gladness, Have wakun'd thy fondest, thy loveliest thrill; But, so oftthou hast echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That... | |
 | Mowbray Walter Morris - 1882 - 424 pages
...When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy cords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have wakened thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That... | |
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