Shall the Harp Then Be Silent (Thomas Moore Poems)
Shall the Harp then be silent, when he who first gave To our country a name, is withdrawn from all ...
Shall the Harp then be silent, when he who first gave To our country a name, is withdrawn from all ...
While gazing on the moon's light, A moment from her smile I turn'd, To look at orbs that, more bright, ...
Sweet Innisfallen, fare thee well, May calm and sunshine long be thine! How fair thou art let others tell -- ...
Down in the valley come meet me to-night, And I'll tell you your fortune truly As ever 'twas told, by ...
There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters ...
The Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he has ...
Night closed around the conqueror's way, And lightnings show'd the distant hill, Where those who lost that dreadful day Stood ...
Yes, sad one of Sion, if closely resembling, In shame and in sorrow, thy wither'd-up heart -- If drinking deep, ...
And doth not a meeting like this make amends For all the long years I've been wandering away -- To ...
Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water, Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose, While, murmuring mournfully, ...
By the hope within us springing, Herald of to-morrow's strife; By that sun, whose light is bringing Chains or freedom, ...
What life like that of the bard can be -- The wandering bard, who roams as free As the mountain ...
'Twas a new feeling - something more Than we had dared to own before, Which then we hid not; We ...
The young May moon is beaming, love. The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love. How sweet to rove, Through Morna's grove, ...
I wish I was by that dim Lake, Where sinful souls their farewell take Of this vain world, and half-way ...
The dawning of morn, the daylight's sinking, The night's long hours still find me thinking Of thee, thee, only thee. ...
I've a secret to tell thee, but hush! not here -- Oh! not where the world its vigil keeps: I'll ...
There are sounds of mirth in the night-air ringing, And lamps from every casement shown; While voices blithe within are ...
Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betray'd her; When Malachi wore the collar of gold, ...
They may rail at this life -- from the hour I began it I found it a life full of ...
My gentle Harp, once more I waken The sweetness of thy slumbering strain; In tears our last farewell was taken, ...
'Tis gone, and for ever, the light we saw breaking, Like Heaven's first dawn o'er the sleep of the dead ...
'Twas a new feeling - something more Than we had dar'd to own before, Which then we hid not; We ...
Tis sweet to think that, where'er we rove, We are sure to find something blissful and dear, And that, when ...
Remember thee! yes, while there's life in this heart, It shall never forget thee, all lorn as thou art; More ...
'Twas grav'd on the Stone of Destiny, In letters four, and letters three; And ne'er did the King of the ...
Sail on, sail on, thou fearless bark -- Where'er blows the welcome wind, It cannot lead to scenes more dark, ...
We may roam through this world, like a child at a feast, Who but sips of a sweet, and then ...
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