This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...challenge we cast--And him--even him--let him now but awake To the love he should own for our desolate land, And his hand we will take, And his hand we will shake, Though the blood of her children be fresh on that handl And oh! toiling sleeper, when, when wilt thou break up The fierce haggard dream of thy feverish ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ...challenge we cast--And him--even him--let him now but awake To the love he should own for our desolate land, And his hand we will take, And his hand we will shake, Though the blood of her children be fresh on that handl And oh! toiling sleeper, when, when wilt thou break up The fierce haggard dream of thy feverish heart, And from its delusions of tumult awake up To know what a dupe and a raver thou art Wake, wake, in the fair names of manhood and mind 1 Of wisdom, of charity, mercy and truth! By the love thou dost find On thy soul to its kind! By its nature 1 its yearnings eternal for truth I In the dear name of country we cannot adjure thee--Thou lone one I no country at present thon hast--But, up at our bidding! and we will ensure thee A country, and lover of country, at last! Ay! in lieu of the rage-thirst thou'rt panting to slake. Up, up, in the name of this desecrate land, And your hand we will take, And your hand we will shake, Though the blood of her children be fresh on that hand IF I HAD THOUGHT THOU COULD'ST HAVE DEED. BY THE REV. CHARLES WOLFB. Air--" 3tt4ti nj0 djtofoe." If I had thought thou could'st have died, I might not weep for thee; But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou could'st mortal be; It never through my mind had past The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou should'st smile no more. And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again, And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain. But, when I speak, thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid, And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary 1 thou art dead. If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold, and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been! While e'en thy chill bl...
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Add this copy of The Songs of Ireland to cart. $58.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Michael Joseph Barry ( 1817-1889) was a poet and a Young Irelander who later in life recanted the opinions of his youth. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Edition. Dark green cloth binding, blindstamped with ruling and a gilt Irish harp within a wreath on the front cover. The First Edition was 1845; there is no publication date, but a" Preface to the Second Edition"included is dated 1846. The text is clean, with the exception of some tic-marks to the list of titles; 252 pages. The previous owner has signed it on both the front and rear endpapers; the rear endpaper contains a pencil sketch of two heads and a woman whose garb suggests the Victorian era. A cute little volume, and quite scarce.
