 | Richard Lalor Sheil - Ireland - 1854 - 388 pages
...the sentiments which have been so simply and so pathetically expressed in the Song of Exile :— " ' Erin, my country ! though sad and forsaken, In dreams I revisit thy sea-beaten shore ; But, alas! iu a far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends that can meet me no more.'" 7* CONFESSIONS... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Poetry - 1855 - 406 pages
...from famine and danger, A home and a country remain not to me. Never again, in the green sunny bowers, Where my forefathers lived, shall I spend the sweet...flowers, And strike to the numbers of Erin go bragh ! But, alas ! in a far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more ! Oh... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...famine and danger, A home and a country remain not for me : Ah I never again in the green shady bowers, Where my forefathers lived shall I spend the sweet hours, Or cover my harp with the wild woven flowers, And strike to the numbers of Erin go Bragh ! Oh 1 where is the cottage that stood... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 532 pages
...Song of Exile :— " ' Erin, my country ! though sad and forsaken In dreams I revisit thy sea-!>eaten shore; But, alas ! in a far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends that can meet me no more, Where is my cabin door, fast by the wild wood ! Sisters and sire, did yon... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...famine and danger : A home and a country remain not to me ! Never again, in the green sunny bowers Where my forefathers lived, shall I spend the sweet...far, foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends that can meet me no more ! Oh, cruel Fate ! wilt thou never replace me In a mansion of peace, where... | |
 | Leopold Hartley Grindon - 1856 - 80 pages
...compass of poetry, perhaps there is nothing more touching than the allusion in the Exile of Erin : — : Erin ! my country, though sad and forsaken, In dreams...far foreign land I awaken, And sigh for the friends I shall never see more ! That which so vividly remembers is the Soul ; and if in the sleep which refreshes... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...famine and danger, — A home and a country remain not to me. Never again, in the green sunny bowers Where my forefathers lived, shall I spend the sweet...the wild-woven flowers, And strike to the numbers of Erin-go-bragh. " Erin, my country ! though sad and forsaken, In dreams I revisit thy sea-beaten shore... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...hours ; Or cover my harp with the wild-woven flowers, And strike to the numbers of Erin-go-bragh. " Erin, my country ! though sad and forsaken, In dreams...thy sea-beaten shore ; But, alas ! in a far foreign laud I awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no mure ! Oh cruel fate ! wilt thou never replace... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1858 - 264 pages
...from famine and danger, A home and a country remain not to me. Never again, in the green sunny bowers, Where my forefathers lived, shall I spend the sweet...awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more ! O cruel fate ! wilt thou never replace me In a mansion of peace, where no perils can chase me ? Never... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...sweet hours Or cover my harp with the wild-woven flowers, And strike to the numbers of Erin-go-bragh. "Erin, my country! though sad and forsaken, In dreams...awaken, And sigh for the friends who can meet me no more ' Oh cruel fate ! wilt thou never replace me In a mansion of peace, where no perils can chase me? Never... | |
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Sad is my fate! said the heart-broken stranger, The wild deer and wolf to a covert can flee; But I have no refuge from famine and danger, — A home and a country remain not to me. Never again, in the green sunny bowers, Where my forefathers lived , shall... 
