 The dust of some is Irish earth, Among their own they rest, And the same land that gave them birth Has caught them to her breast; And we will pray that from their clay Full many a race may start Of true men, like you, men, To act as brave a part.  Shaw's Authenticated Report of the Irish State Trials, 1844by Daniel O'Connell - 1844 - 678 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the same land that gave them birth Has caught them to her breast ; And we will pray that from their clay Full many a race may start Of true men, like you, men, To act as brave a part. They rose in dark and evil days To right their native land ; They kindled here a living blaze That... | |
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 | Richard Lalor Sheil - Great Britain - 1865 - 528 pages
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 | Richard Lalor Sheil, Thomas MacNevin - Great Britain - 1868 - 522 pages
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 | Maryland - 1871 - 338 pages
...OF HONOR NAMES OF THE ENLISTED MEN OF THE REGIMENT KILLED IN ' ACTION, OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE. "They rose in dark and evil days To right their native...land ; They kindled here a living blaze That nothing shall withstand. " Then here's their memory—may it be For us a guiding light To cheer our strife... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 308 pages
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 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
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