 OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew...  Irish Melodies - Page 10by Thomas Moore - 1821 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1865 - 412 pages
...we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, tho' in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. I have so often mentioned Lord Byron, that you may expect to hear something from his abundant productions.... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - 1866 - 400 pages
...silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grata o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...-weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he iletpi." This description, by the early friend and college chum of Emmet, is entirely applicable to... | |
 | Samuel M. Kennedy - 1867 - 530 pages
...Sad, silent and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that fall on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls." The lady referred to above as having shared with Ireland Emmet's last blessing and prayer, was Miss... | |
 | James Vaulx Drake - 1867 - 502 pages
...it weeps, Ever brighten with verdure, the spot where he sleeps; For the tear that we shed, though iu secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls." THE END. MAY 1 3 1942 OTf laurel, and cypress, ' the purity of his exalt ,, still, we mourn our < "... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1869 - 222 pages
...we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, tho' in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the...memory green in our souls. WHEN HE WHO ADORES THEE. TTTHEN he, who adores thee, has left but the name ^ ' Of his fault and his sorrows behind, Oh ! say... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1870 - 654 pages
...silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. The writer in the ' Irish Quarterly Review " states Emmet felt that the Government had treated him... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 pages
...silent and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls." Pro. The following passage from Young's Night Thoughts has been often quoted as an appropriate exercise... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. ox MUSIC. WHEN through life unblest we rove, Losing all that made life dear, Should some notes we used... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 pages
...done." Stu. Thomas Moore's lines, on the death of the same Robert Emmett, are in a like subdued strain : But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it...verdure the grave where he sleeps ; And the tear that we shed^though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls." Pro. The following... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grave o'er his head. But the night dew that falla, s ! bliss beyond compare ! ยก 1 Ve paced much this weary mortal round, And sage experience bids thatweshed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. THOMAS MOORE.... | |
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