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" 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 fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no... "
Irish Melodies and Sacred Songs - Page 6
by Thomas Moore - 1869 - 184 pages
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The Progress of Nations; Or the Principles of National Development in Their ...

Civilization - 1861 - 686 pages
...as long to maintain any high standard of excellence : the spirit of exact literary taste has fled, " And hearts that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more." After that writing becomes a trade. Xow, I anticipate that this explanation of literary inducement...
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The College Irish Grammar

Irish language - 1899 - 350 pages
...first and third lines have eight syllables, the second and fourth, six, with alternate rhymes ; as, Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives ! agf In trisyllabic measure, a dissyllabic foot is introduced ; as, OBS.—...
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Playtime with the poets: a selection of the best English poetry for the use ...

Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...mute on Tara's walls As if that soul had fled ; So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise...throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To prove that still she lives ! MOORE. BRING BACK THE CHAIN. 36 XIX BRING BACK THE CHAIN. It was an...
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The poetical works of Thomas Moore, with illustr. by K. Halswelle

Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 pages
...mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise,...Tara swells; The chord alone that breaks at night, ! ts tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart...
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My summer holiday; being a tourist's jottings about Tenby

My summer holiday - Tenby (Wales) - 1863 - 148 pages
...hangs on Tara's walls As if that «oul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days. So glory's thrill Is o'er ; And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pride no more." The only attendant who remained faithful to his lord was an old Welsh harper, and he...
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Handbook for travellers in Ireland

John Murray (publishers.) - 1864 - 502 pages
...ancient mausoleum of Ireland's glories will sympathize with the poet in his melancholy «train : — " No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells, The chord alone that breaks at night 1U tale of ruin tells."— Moore. To go back to a yet more ancient period, the geologist will be interested...
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The British Poets, Volume 4

1865 - 408 pages
...Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled. — So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. The chord alone, that breaks at night. Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The...
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Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various ...

Acrostics - 1865 - 260 pages
...behold'st, But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins.' 4. ' The chord alone that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells.' 5. ' Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles...
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Double acrostic enigmas, with poetical descriptions selected principally ...

Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 254 pages
...Tara's halls, The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled : " No more to chiefs and ladies bright, The harp of Tara...throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives ! " 1. An honorary tomb. 2. A wooden lever. 3. A province of Hindostan....
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Handbook for Travellers in Ireland

John Murray (Firm) - Ireland - 1866 - 512 pages
...ancient mausoleum of Ireland's glories will sympathize with the poet in his melancholy strain : — " No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara...alone that breaks at night Its tale of ruin tells." — Moore, To go back to a yet more ancient period, the geologist will be interested to know that both...
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