The Mentor Book of Irish Poetry: From AE to YeatsDevin A. Garrity |
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Page 311
... dream , at pleasure , Shall go forth and conquer a crown ; And three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down . We , in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth , Built Nineveh with our sighing , And Babel itself with ...
... dream , at pleasure , Shall go forth and conquer a crown ; And three with a new song's measure Can trample an empire down . We , in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth , Built Nineveh with our sighing , And Babel itself with ...
Page 321
... dream come true ? What if the dream come true ? and if millions unborn shall dwell In the house that I shaped in my heart , the noble house of my thought ? Lord , I have staked my soul , I have staked the lives of my kin On the truth of ...
... dream come true ? What if the dream come true ? and if millions unborn shall dwell In the house that I shaped in my heart , the noble house of my thought ? Lord , I have staked my soul , I have staked the lives of my kin On the truth of ...
Page 412
... dream of it , fills my heart with tears . O , the days of the Kerry dancing , O , the ring of the piper's tune ! O , for one of those hours of gladness , gone , alas ! like our youth too soon . Was there ever a sweeter colleen in the ...
... dream of it , fills my heart with tears . O , the days of the Kerry dancing , O , the ring of the piper's tune ! O , for one of those hours of gladness , gone , alas ! like our youth too soon . Was there ever a sweeter colleen in the ...
Common terms and phrases
17th century Aghadoe Aileen aroon beauty birds breast Brian O'Linn bright caubeen century cold dance Dark Rosaleen dead dear death door dream earth eyes F. R. Higgins face fair feet Floodtide fool girl God save Ireland gone grass grave green grey grief hair hand hath hear heart heaven hill holy Hurroo Inishtrahull Ireland Irish King Kinkora kiss knew L. A. G. Strong Ladle lake land light lips live lonely maid MARY DEVENPORT O'NEILL moon morning mountain never night o'er PADRAIC PEARSE poems poets pray quiet road rose Says the Shan SEAN O'FAOLAIN Shan Van Vocht sigh silent singing sleep snow soft song sorrow soul stars stone sweet tears tell thee There's Thomas Macdonagh thou thought tide tree W. R. RODGERS watch weeping wild wind woman wonder young