After the Battle (Thomas Moore Poems)
Night closed around the conqueror's way, And lightnings show'd the distant hill, Where those who lost that dreadful day Stood ...
Night closed around the conqueror's way, And lightnings show'd the distant hill, Where those who lost that dreadful day Stood ...
Lay his sword by his side -- it hath served him too well Not to rest near his pillow below; ...
My gentle Harp, once more I waken The sweetness of thy slumbering strain; In tears our last farewell was taken, ...
Sing, sweet Harp, oh sing to me Some song of ancient days, Whose sounds, in this sad memory, Long-buried dreams ...
Sublime was the warning that liberty spoke, And grand was the moment when Spaniards awoke Into life and revenge from ...
Through grief and through danger thy smile hath cheer'd my way, Till hope seem'd to bud from each thorn that ...
The Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he has ...
Remember the Glories of Brien the Brave Remember the glories of Brien the brave, Though the days of the hero ...
Weep on, weep on, your hour is past, Your dreams of pride are o'er; The fatal chain is round you ...
Oh, where's the slave so lowly, Condemn'd to chains unholy, Who, could he burst His bonds at first, Would pine ...
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