...throng around, and be to me Power, country, fame and bride. -oDEAR HAEP OF MY COUNTRY. Br THOMAS MOOBE. DEAR harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee,...lay of love, and the light note of gladness, Have wakened thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft has thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That...

...drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. — :o: — DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,1 When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom,...

...melodious lines "Oft, in the Stilly Night," or the famous Irish apostrophe: Dear Harp of my Country I in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, H^rp"of My When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, Country" And gave all thy chords to light,...

...unite, And form in Heaven's sight One arch of peace ! Thomas Moore. CLXIX THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP DEAR Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee,...fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of...

...native land. He pronounced, perhaps unconsciously, his highest eulogium when he wrote the words: " Dear Harp of my country, in darkness I found thee,...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! " Thomas Moore was born at No. 12 Aungier Street, Dublin, on the 28th of May, 1779, and two days...

...vain, alas ! th' endeavour From bonds so sweet to sever; Poor Wisdom's chance DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. Dear Harp of my Country! in darkness I found thee,...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song I The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill;...

...still there be, As evening closes round his lyre, One ray upon its chords from thee. HARP OF MY COUNTRY DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have wakened thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness,...

...as it is, Moore has become so far obsolete, for English readers, that it may be given here : — " Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of...

...in letters. He boasted, with no more gayety than truth, that he originated modern Irish poetry : — "'Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gate all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! '" Those homely and sentimental lyrics which have...

...Familiar as it is, Moore has become so far obsolete, for English readers, that it may be given here: — " Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song I The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken' d thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill;...