 | Press, Dublin - Catholic emancipation - 1800 - 682 pages
...peace, ' Cord, or ax, orGuillotin Make the fentence— not the fin, Here we watch our brothers fleep, Watch with us , but do not weep; Watch with us thro' dead of nighr, Put expert the morning light. " Conquer Conquer fortune— perfevere !— • Lo ! it breaks,... | |
 | William Drennan - 1815 - 254 pages
...tomb. Angel of this holy place! Calm her soul, and whisper, Peace ! Cord, nor axe, nor guillotine, Moke the sentence, not the sin. Here we watch our brother's sleep; Watch with us, but do not weep : 80 Watch with us, thro' dead of night— « But expect the morning light. Conquer Fortune — persevere—... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads, Irish - 1845 - 262 pages
...this sacred place Calm her soul and whisper peace, Cord, or axe, or Guillotin' Make the sentence—not the sin. Here we watch our brother's sleep ; Watch...dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune—persevere!— Lo ! it breaks, the morning clear 1 The cheerful COCK awakes the skies, The... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...tomb ! Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul and whisper peace ; Cord, or axe, or guillotm' Make the sentence — not the sin. Here we watch our brother's...sleep ; Watch with us, but do not weep ; Watch with us through dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune — persevere ! — Lo ! it breaks,... | |
 | Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads - 1861 - 264 pages
...tcaib ! Angel of this sacred place Calm her soul and whisper peace, Cord, or axe, or Guillotin' Make the sentence — not the sin. Here we watch our brother's sleep ; Watch with us, but do not weep ; Wa<ch with us thro' dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune — persevere !... | |
 | James J. Gaskin - Dalkey (Ireland) - 1874 - 520 pages
...? The widow'd mother with her child, Child new stirring in the womb ! Husband waiting for the tomb! Here we watch our brother's sleep ; Watch with us,...dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune—persevere !— Lo ! it breaks, the morning clear ! The cheerful COCK awakes the skies, The... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...tomb ! Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul and whisper peace; Cord, or axe, or guillotin' Make the sentence — not the sin. Here we watch our brother's sleep; Watch with us, but do not weep; Wateh with us through dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune — persevere! —... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - English poetry - 1881 - 470 pages
...tomb. Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul and whisper peace ; Cord or axe or guillotine Make the sentence, not the sin. Here we watch our brother's...sleep ; Watch with us, but do not weep ; Watch with us through dead of night, But expect the morning light; Conquer fortune, — persevere ! Lo ! it breaks,... | |
 | English poetry - 1887 - 842 pages
...! Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul, and whisper peace ; ( 'mil, or axe, or guillotin' Make the sentence — not the sin. Here we watch our brother's sleep ; Watch with us, but do not \\ccp ; Watch with us through dead of night, But expect the morning light. Conquer fortune — persevere!... | |
 | Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston - English poetry - 1900 - 634 pages
...! Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul and whisper peace — Cord, or axe, or guillotine, Make the sentence — not the sin. Here we watch our brother's...thro' dead of night — But expect the morning light. MY FATHER WHO took me from my mother's arms, And, smiling at her soft alarms, Showed me the world and... | |
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The widow'd mother with her child, Child new stirring in the womb ! Husband waiting for the tomb ! Angel of this sacred place, Calm her soul and whisper peace; Cord, or axe, or guillotin' Make the sentence — not the sin. 
