 | 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 826
...of Irish song, his opening lines afford us a good example of imaginative and idealistic statement. Dear harp of my country, in darkness I found thee,...The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long. The figure of a chain with its implications of constraint, slavery, tyranny: the epithet "cold," suggestive... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 160
...fair ! Every drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,* * In that rebellious but beautiful song, "When Erin first rose," there is, if I recollect right, the... | |
 | 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...tears and her blood, Let the rainbow of Hope be her Wellington's name !" DEAK HAKP OF MY COUNTRY. 4. Dear Harp of my Country! in darkness I found thee,...thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, 5. Dear Harp of my Country! farewell to thy numbers! This sweet... | |
 | Johannes Scherr - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 900
...UJîçtorb tcußtc nui bcm rti^cii SDîatcrial, lïcfitô ifnu ju ®efccte flanb, niete )u тафсп). ") „Dear harp of my country! in darkness I found thee; The cold chain of silence had hung oYr thee long, ^Vhi;n proudly, my own Island harp! I unbound tbee, AnJ gave all rhy cords to light,... | |
 | 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 608
...best told in his own lines : " Dear harp of my country 1 in darkness I found thee ; The cold chains of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp 1 1 unbound thee. And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song "If the pulse of the patriot,... | |
 | Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 572
...last, for the earthworm to cover, The Lady of Kingdoms lay low in the dust. DEAR HARP OF MY COtJNTRY! DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee stilL Dear Harp... | |
 | Edwin Emerson - 1900 - عدد الصفحات: 700
...melodious lines "Oft, in the Stilly Night," or the famous Irish apostrophe: Dear Harp of my Country I in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, H^rp"of My When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, Country" And gave all thy chords to light,... | |
 | Arthur Stanley - 1901 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...unite, And form in Heaven's sight One arch of peace ! Thomas Moore. CLXIX THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP DEAR Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee,...thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp... | |
 | 1901 - عدد الصفحات: 1324
...native land. He pronounced, perhaps unconsciously, his highest eulogium when he wrote the words: " Dear Harp of my country, in darkness I found thee,...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! " Thomas Moore was born at No. 12 Aungier Street, Dublin, on the 28th of May, 1779, and two days... | |
 | Eduard Engel - 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...collection, is not a genuine national song, though the melody to which it is set is a popular one : — Dear harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee,...thy 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. The following,... | |
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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... 
