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 pulse no... Handbook for Travellers in Ireland - Seite 136von John Murray (Firm) - 1866 - 358 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...So glory's 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...alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To... | |
| 1832 - 448 Seiten
...So glory's 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...alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1838 - 406 Seiten
...exhibition, " the Esteddfodd," as it was called, where princes and poets entered the lists ; but now " No more to chiefs and ladies bright, The harp of Tara swells" Soon after our entrance into Wales, we passed an immense new alms-house, built on so large a scale,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...So glory's 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...alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To... | |
| Charles Victor P. Arlincourt (vicomte d'.) - 1844 - 320 Seiten
...So glory's 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...alone, that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells. Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives Is when some heart indignant breaks, To... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 Seiten
...So glory's 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 alone, that breaks at night, Its talc of ruin tells. Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 Seiten
...So glory's 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 alone, that breaks at night, Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1848 - 478 Seiten
...exhibition, " the Esteddfodd," as it was called, where princes and poets entered the lists; but now " No more to chiefs and ladies bright, The harp of Tara swells." Soon after our entrance into Wales, we passed an immense new alms-house, built on so large a scale,... | |
| sir William Robert W. Wilde - 1849 - 322 Seiten
...semibarbarous age ; the Kings renowned in story, — the Cormacs and Nialls, and Dathis: but now " No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara...alone that breaks at night Its tale of ruin tells." We might, by merely paraphrasing the translations of authentic Irish history, occupy pages in recounting... | |
| William Robert Wilde - 1849 - 316 Seiten
...semibarbarous age ; the Kings renowned in story, — the Cormacs and Nialls, and Dathis: but now " No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara...alone that breaks at night Its tale of ruin tells." We might, by merely paraphrasing the translations of authentic Irish history, occupy pages in recounting... | |
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