 | Robert Welch - History - 1988 - 226 pages
...utterance seem strange in the great popular song writer of the nineteenth century: No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord,...she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives.36 Here the heart seems unable to express its grief; like the harp, it breaks... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...thrill is o'er. And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more! No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord...she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. Charlotte Dacre 1782-1841?) Distinguished by omission from the Dictionary... | |
 | Thomas Moore, Daniel Maclise - Literary Collections - 2000 - 290 pages
...more to ehiefs and ladies bright The ehord alone,that breaks at night, Its tale of rain tells . Thns Freedom now so seldom wakes . The only throb she gives . Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives 9 think not my spirits are always as light , And as free from a pang as they... | |
 | Sean Dunne - Fiction - 1957 - 496 pages
...is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord...she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. from Irish Melodies (1807) DERMOT HEALY The year is 1968. The day before... | |
 | Emerson A. Essex - Fiction - 2002 - 260 pages
...journey began when Time said go And He warned me of two myths One is Yesterday, the other Tomorrow "The harp of Tara Swells; The chord alone that breaks...she gives, is when Some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives" Thomas Moore Misfortune Builds Character No one chooses misfortune. It's... | |
 | Nora Joan Clark - History - 2003 - 196 pages
...is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord...she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. 4O e. 500 - 600 Christians displace the druids INFLUENCE OF THE BARDIC SCHOOLS... | |
 | Stephen Regan - Literary Collections - 2004 - 628 pages
...is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells; The chord...she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. Oft, in the stilly night (1818) Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's... | |
 | Hermann Rasche, Christiane Schönfeld - German literature - 2004 - 500 pages
...is o' er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more. No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells: The chord alone, that breaks at night, Its taleof ruin teils. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant... | |
 | Julia M. Wright - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 19 pages
...the speaker laments, "So sleeps the pride of former days, / So glory's thrill is o'er," concluding, Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that she still lives! (IM, 10) These two poems are from only the first number of the Irish Melodies,... | |
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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... 
